Backup zip and split script for OS X

[eric chadbourne]

On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Chris O'Connell <omegahalo-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi Everyone!
>
> I'm trying to write a script file that will copy all of the important stuff
> in my home directory (Users on OSX), compress it and automatically split it
> into files about 8.5GB so I can then burn the files onto DVDs.
>
> I wrote this:
> zip -rs 8000m /Volumes/Seagate1TB/backup-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.zip Desktop
> Documents Downloads Music Movies Pictures
> zipsplit -t -n 800000 /Volumes/Seagate1TB/backup-`date +%Y-%m-%d`.zip
>
> the -rs 8000m is seemingly ignored.
>
> But I have read a variety of information in the man pages that says there is
> a file split limitation of 2gb.  Can anyone offer any alternate
> suggestions?
>
> Chris

neat, i've never heard of zip split.  can't you just make a monster
sized zip file and the use split?  cat the files back together if
needed and unzip?  never done it myself, just throwing it out there.
good luck.

- eric c.