[quick] trying to split a large file but linux says it's to large

steve51184 · 05-06-2008, 07:36 AM

i'm trying to run "md5sum -c filename" but i'm getting rubbish.. is a 95gb file to big?

Quote:

md5sum: Ûeû#4Áü>|=øÿ&mã?½RúDiáíóAÄk1¨äéïïä{e¬,w* m7H¯¬@9_<Åéþ`: No such file or directory
Ûeû#4Áü>|=øÿ&mã?½RúDiáíóAÄk1¨äéïïä{e¬,w* m7H¯¬@9_<Åéþ`: FAILED open or read
md5sum: QÞÃv|¾{&«á6B?|úuÑ§£ë½
QÞÃv|¾{&«á6B?|úuÑ§£ë½

billymayday · 05-06-2008, 07:40 AM

Have you already calculated the md5sum? The -c option is for checking.

Try

md5sum filename > filename.md5

To check you would do

md5sum -c filename.md5