Why?
Sometimes big files must be split in smaller pieces, and send to somebody. Then on the other side the pieces (chunks) should be joined to get the original large file whole again.
Every unix/linux -system has built-in tools for this, but maybe an average GUI user does not know how to access and use these tools. To make this process
easier and more user-friendly, I made simple shell scripts that use Applescript to call Dialog windows etc.
Instructions
mySplitter
- Double-click the icon to open the application
- Choose the file to be split
- Define the chunk size, for example 200m (for 200 MB) or 512k for 512 KB
- The app will create the chunks in the same directory with the original file
- The app asks if you want to delete the original file
myJoiner
- Double-click the icon to open the application
- Choose the first chunk of the split file (*.aaa)
- The app will create the the original (whole) file in the same directory with the chunks
- The app asks if you want to delete the chunks
Requirements
Mac OS X in both sides of the process.
[DOWNLOAD mySplitter and myJoiner v. 1.0] (not tested in all environments, use it on your own risk)