dirsplitter

Split large directories into parts of a specified maximum size. This is a f# port of my dirsplitter tool.

This version is about 40MB
Go version (3MB exe)
Nim Version (200KB exe)
Crystal Version (300KB exe)

How to install:

• Download the prebuild binary for your OS: https://github.com/jinyus/fs_dirsplitter/releases
• Extract the archive
• Open a terminal in the folder with the executeable
• Run ./dirsplitter --help
• (Optional) Put the executable in your Path to run the tool from anywhere

How to build:

• Clone this git repo
• Install dotnet : https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download
• cd into directory and compile with:

dotnet publish -c Release -r <YOUR_RUNTIME>

• Avalaible runtimes:
  1. win-x64
  2. linux-x64
  3. linux-arm64
  4. osx-x64
  5. osx.12-arm64
     full list here

USAGE: dirsplitter [--help] [<subcommand> [<options>]]

SUBCOMMANDS:

    split <options>       Split directories into a specified maximum size.
    reverse <options>     Opposite of the main function, moves all files from part folders to the root.

    Use 'dirsplitter <subcommand> --help' for additional information.

OPTIONS:

    --help                display this list of options.

SPLIT USAGE:

Splits directory into a specified maximum size

Usage:
dirsplitter split [options] 

Options:
-h, --help
-d, --dir=DIR              Target directory (default: .)
-m, --max=MAX              Max part size in GB (default: 5.0)
-p, --prefix=PREFIX        Prefix for output files of the tar command. eg: myprefix.part1.tar (default:"")

example:

dirsplitter split --dir ./mylarge2GBdirectory --max 0.5

This will yield the following directory structure:

📂mylarge2GBdirectory
 |- 📂part1
 |- 📂part2
 |- 📂part3
 |- 📂part4

with each part being a maximum of 500MB in size.

Undo splitting

dirsplitter reverse --dir ./mylarge2GBdirectory