[clug] Cut a file in place.

[Tony Lewis]

On 17/9/19 9:31 am, Andrew Janke via linux wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Let's say I have a 26GB compressed archive and 17GB of spare disk space and
> want to cut it up into chunks. The internet says no, but this list
> typically doesn't fail me.
>
> Chop a bit off the front and then use truncate the file?  Seems a risky way
> but the option that I'll have?
>
> a

I don't know the answer to your question, but you could try a scaled 
down version on a VM or on a loopback filesystem.

Tony