Will Van Treuren
Feb. 5th, 2013
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The files contained in this directory come from splitting the QIIME-1.6.0-amd64.vdi.gz file (for the QIIME 1.6 virtual machine) into 512 mb chunks using the split command. 

When splitting I used:

split -b 512m QIIME-1.6.0-amd64.vdi.gz QIIME-1.6.0-amd64.vdi.part-

which produced the 8 pieces shown. Notice that I forgot to include the .gz in the output parts, but they are astir gzipped. 

The purpose of these files is to make downloading easier for individuals whose internet connection prevents them from downloading successfully a large multi gb file like the virtual image. 

To join the files again use:

cat QIIME-1.6.0-amd64.vdi.part-a* > QIIME-1.6.0-amd64.vdi.gz
gunzip QIIME-1.6.0-amd64.vdi.gz

Modified from: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1120095/split-files-using-tar-gz-zip-or-bzip2