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How to split a tar file into smaller parts at file boundaries?

How can I create a multipart tar file in Linux?

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It may be a duplicate, but seriously... how many people would search for "tar smaller parts" vs "tar multipart"? yeah.. – hopeseekr Oct 13 '10 at 16:54
Similar, but not the same. The linked question @Sathya points to is more complex and requires a more complicated solution. – Ian C. Oct 13 '10 at 19:46
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closed as exact duplicate by Sathya♦, Nifle, Diago Oct 13 '10 at 7:47

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You can use the split command to split an archive in to multiple files. For example, if I wanted my archive stored in 1 MByte files:

tar -cvf - <stuff to put in archive> | split --bytes=1m --suffix-length=4 --numeric-suffix - myarchive.tar.

And when I want to recombine and untar:

cat myarchive.tar.* | tar xvf -
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Awesome. Thanks. – hopeseekr Oct 13 '10 at 16:52
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Use tar c to create the tar archive, and specify the k size-in-kbytes parameter to control the maximum size of each part. You'll end up with ((original size)/(part size) + 1) parts.

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Where did you get the "k size-in-kbytes parameter"? Can't seem to find it on Linux. – sleske Oct 13 '10 at 0:30
saw it here: computerhope.com/unix/utar.htm – Traveling Tech Guy Oct 13 '10 at 4:08
Not in Gentoo linux, unfortunately. – hopeseekr Oct 13 '10 at 16:53
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