Mac OS X: create/extract split zip archives

I. Create split zip archive

• To create a split zip archive (a series of files named zip, z01, z02...), run following command in Terminal:

  zip -s 100m -x "*.DS_Store" -r split-foo.zip foo/

II. Extract split zip archive

• To extract a split zip archive (a series of files named zip, z01, z01...), run following command in Terminal:
  1. First, combine the split archive to a single archive:

     zip -s 0 split-foo.zip --out unsplit-foo.zip

  2. Extract the single archive using unzip:

     unzip unsplit-foo.zip

See also

• Mac OS X: zip man page
• Mac OS X: create a zip archive excludes .DS_Store files