[Gllug] Script for splitting dirs

[Tethys]

"Daniel Andersson" writes:

>> Not really. The only issue is getting the filesize, which is either
>> done by parsing the output of ls, or calling a helper application.
>
>haven't really followed this
>but what about using "filesize", no need to parse output of ls

That would count as a helper application. Plus:

	isengard:~% filesize
	bash: filesize: command not found

I'm guessing it's a Debian thing. It makes your script non-portable
even to different Linux distributions, let alone to other Unices.

Tet


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