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In article <45404@ut-emx.uucp>, dana@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Daniel Schneider)
writes:

> Is it possible to copy a large file (~4 Megs) to floppies without having
> to go in and manually edit the file into smaller parts?
> 
> I downloaded a large datafile to a pc with modem.  This file needs to be
> transferred to another pc physically distant and without modem hookup.
> What is the easiest way to accomplish this? 
> 
> Dan
> 

This used to tbe a problem for me and I am sure for many others.  I can 
bet that there are several solutions to this, with the adherent of each
claiming (or, at least, believing) that his/her solution is the best.

I can tell you my two favorite solutions. The first one involves two
shareware utilities: PKZIP 1.10 (a file compression program) and ZIPPER.COM
- bothe available in the SIMTEL archives in pd:<msdos.zip> subdirectory.
PKZip - as almost everyone knows - compresses files.  Zipper.com uses
Pkzip in order to create zipped (compressed) files of pre-specified sizes.
If you use PKZip in order to compress your 4 MB data files, you will 
probably shrink them to anywhere between 2 to 3 MB (or even smaller,
depending upon the nature of the file.  I once used PKZip on a SAS data
set and shrunk to 10% of the original.) 

The other option is to use SLICE.COM (a PC Magazine utility).  If you have 
one huge file, this is a good option.  Slice will split up the huge file
into sizes that you specify (360K, 730K, 1.2M, etc.) and on the first
split, it will also create a tiny file called Splice.com that can be
used to put the files back together.

With PKZip and Zipper (or PKZip and Slice), entire subdirectory structures,
with subdirectory information intact, may be copied ans moved from one
location to another on floppies.  Or may be used as backup measures.

Hope this helps.      Regards,  - Jhinuk.

Jhinuk Chowdhury

University of North Texas