Re: File size of downloaded Oracle for Linux

yong321_at_yahoo.com wrote:
>
> Can anyone tell me whether the files I downloaded individually have
> correct size? The Oracle download site only says 20 MB except the last
> one 805ship7.tar (19 MB). I suspect my files especially ship2 and 6 were
> not downloaded completely:
>
> 07/02/99 04:43p 19,214,240 805ship7.tar
> 07/02/99 12:12p 17,882,244 805ship2.tar
> 07/02/99 01:45p 20,971,520 805ship3.tar
> 07/02/99 02:26p 20,971,520 805ship4.tar
> 07/02/99 03:37p 20,971,520 805ship5.tar
> 07/02/99 04:26p 16,424,068 805ship6.tar
> 07/02/99 11:51a 19,632,412 805ship1.tar
> 7 File(s) 136,067,524 bytes

You bad boy, using the heathen OS for your downloads! :-)

>
> BTW, anybody knows a tool to cut a big binary file into pieces? I can
> have my friend download the one large file (145 MB) for me then I copy
> it to my PC using 100MB Zip drive. Thanks.

Get the source for bsplit and compile it on his PeeCee.

Given that it's a tar, you might find that one of the modern compressors (gzip or bzip) can actually squeeze it down to under 100Mb.

Third option is to untar it on the PC and repack it in parts.  

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