Split 7zip file task and split file profiles

[alextorex]

I’d like to have functionality for splitting files.
I’d like to be able to split a 7zip file to convert it to multi-volume.
I need profiles for split and ability to add split task to queue.

[TBGBe]

You can create split archives - PA calls this “Disk Spanning” for historical reasons.

However, to “split” an existing archive is only available for Zip - other types have to be done manually (extract / re-compress).

[alextorex]

Splitting 7zip file is like splitting any other file with a common split /combine tool found in file managers (split / combine in speed commander or total commander)

What i am suggesting is that PA support also generic split/combine jobs with profiles suitable for various archive types.

[TBGBe]

But that generic type of splitting does not create “multi volume” archives which you said you wanted, these “splits” would have to be re-joined before you could extract from them.

“Spanning” is part of the compression function and these do not have to be re-joined before extracting (hence the term “multi-volume”.

I was agreeing that spanning would be useful for other formats such as 7zip - but for generic splitting I think there are already good utilities available. (eg HJSplit ).

[alextorex]

I use GSplit for splitting 7zip archives.
As long as 7zip naming standard is respected 7zip sees the split files as multi-volume and is able to extract them.