peterm@dna.lth.se (Peter M|ller) (12/10/90)
WANTED feature (in my machine): File-Split/Join
I'm missing a feature in the Finder: the ability to split large files when
copying them to disks. It should work like this:
1 Click and drag a 2 MB file to a 1.4 MB diskette
2 Finder discovers that the file is larger than the disk, so it asks:
"The file 'x' is larger than the amount of free space on the disk 'y', do
you want the file to be split in 2 segments?" (Buttons for Y/N)
3 You click "OK", and the Finder splits the file in two segments (in the
process, the machine naturally have to ask you for another disk). The parts
have to be marked by a special creator/type-combination and icon, but that
should not be a problem.
4 You take your disks and walks to the target-machine, inserts the disk
containing the first segment and drags it onto the hard-disk of that Mac.
5 The Finder recognize the file as a splitted one, and automatically asks for
the second part after having copied the first part to the disk.
6 If you don't "feed" the machine with the second part when it asks for it
(i.e. you click "Cancel"), you should be able to join the separate parts by
saving them on the disk separately and then option-double-click on the first
part (or something like that).
(Of course this feature should be able to split larger files than 2 MB - once
I had a 6MB PageMaker-file that I wanted to move!)
OK, I know that "StuffIt" and other programs have this feature, but I think that
it is a nifty little feature, that would help people in their daily Mac-work,
just like the one that allows you to move a diskette from drive 0 to drive 1
without making the computer crazy (try to do this on a MS-DOS machine!). Having
this feature in the system would allow people (like me) to use this it without
having to make sure that this INIT is on the target-machine.
So, fellows, what do you think, is this something that should be a part of the
Finder, or just another INIT? Apple (if you are listening), if you came up with
the idea, why didn't you realize it?
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