zipnote(1) General Commands Manual zipnote(1)

# [NAME](#NAME)

zipsplit - split a zipfile into smaller zipfiles

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

*zipsplit* \[**-t**] \[**-i**] \[**-p**] \[**-s**] \[**-n size**] \[**-r room**] \[**-b path**] \[**-h**] \[**-v**] \[**-L**] zipfile

# [ARGUMENTS](#ARGUMENTS)

zipfile Zipfile to split.

# [OPTIONS](#OPTIONS)

[**-t**](#t)

Report how many files it will take, but don't make them.

[**-i**](#i)

Make index (zipsplit.idx) and count its size against first zip file.

[**-n size**](#n)

Make zip files no larger than "size" (default = 36000).

[**-r room**](#r)

Leave room for "room" bytes on the first disk (default = 0).

[**-b path**](#b)

Use path for the output zip files.

[**-p**](#p)

Pause between output zip files.

[**-s**](#s)

Do a sequential split even if it takes more zip files.

[**-h**](#h)

Show a short help.

[**-v**](#v)

Show version information.

[**-L**](#L)

Show software license.

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

*zipsplit* reads a zipfile and splits it into smaller zipfiles.

# [EXAMPLES](#EXAMPLES)

To be filled in.

# [BUGS](#BUGS)

Does not yet support large (> 2 GB) or split archives.

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[zip(1)](/man/os/zip/zip.1), [unzip(1)](/man/os/zip/unzip.1)

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Info-ZIP

v3.0 of 8 May 2008

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Document: zipsplit(1) from zip 3.0-r11 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://sourceforge.net/projects/infozip/files/Zip%203.x%20%28latest%29/3.0/zip30.tar.gz