Merging & deleting part files

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Merging & deleting part files

Forum: Open Discussion

Creator: smh0427

Created: 2012-01-03

Updated: 2012-12-07

smh0427 - 2012-01-03

I am using 7-zip to split and merge large files. I ran into space issues and wanted to know if there is a way 7-zip can merge files while deleting the already merged part file?

E.g. I have .001, .002 & .003 each 5 GB in size. I have 20 GB of free space, but to merge these files I heed 30 GB as 7-zip doesnt delete each part file as soon as it it merged.

Any thoughts how this can be achieved, if at all possible? Are there any other tools that can handle this scenario?

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smh0427 - 2012-01-03

OR -
Can 7-zip merge files from multiple drives? I can have one part file on a flash drive and the the other two on my hard drive.

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Gabriel Magana-Gonzalez - 2012-01-03

I think you can just concatenate the files and remove the .001 ending.

The trick will be to find a way to concatenate the files in place without writing out eh combined file while the source files are still on the disk.

Google for how to concatenate files on the command line and maybe other options.

I would not do anything of this sort without a backup first if the file is important.

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