You can split large files in linux using RAR
Its always a problem to FTP large files without a time-out. The solution is to split the files at source; download and then rejoin.
RAR can be used for this:
To create multiple rar files by archiving the "file_to_split" into 1K size files and would name them like final.r00, final.r01, etc.
rar a -v1K -vn final.rar file_to_split
Now do your download or upload; and finally place all the split files under one directory and issue the command:
unrar e final.r00
and the files in bits will be joined to give you the "file_to_split".
Nikhil Thomas
Chief Consultant
