On 10/16/07, Jan Engelhardt
On Oct 16 2007 14:51, Greg Freemyer wrote:
A slightly different question.
Yesterday I had 9GBs of small files (about 115,000 files in one dir) to burn to DVD. Too big to fit on a single Dual Layer DVD by a few hundred GB, and almost too big to fit on 2 single layer DVDs.
Is there a tool that would have allowed me to point at the entire 9GB directory and said make2 DVDs and fill the first one up, then put the rest on the next? I broke my single directory in half manually and had to ensure that the files fit. Took me a while to figure out the right break point.
Yes, it is very easy actually. In Midnight Commander, change to the desired directory, and sort it by size, so that the biggest file is at first. Then use the <Insert> key to mark as many files until you hit the, say, 4700 MB barrier. Let's say you have selected 4600 MB worth of files, and the next file would cause it to go to 4750 MB. Instead of marking this 150 MB file, you select *the next best file(s)* so that you remain below the 4700 MB. When done, you move the files to another directory.
Repeat the operation with the files that remain in SOURCE until there are no more files in SOURCE.
I don't think that actually works. There are inefficiencies in the DVD filesystem. (Just like any filesystem.) So when you have a bunch of files (48,500 on my first DVD) you lose some of the capacity. In my case I lost about 100-150 MBs I think. So my first DVD burn failed even though I had less the 4.7GB in my source directory. I think I need a tool that actually understands the what it is doing, not just a manual process. Greg -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org