How can I send a large Content Store to Madcap Software using Linux?

You can split the Content Store archive into multiple parts using the split command.

Description

I need to split my Content Store into smaller parts to prevent file transfer timeouts.

Solution

  1. Make a backup of your Content Store.
  2. Compress and split the backup using either zip or tar.
    • To use zip:
      zip -r docbase.zip <docbase folder>
split -b 256M docbase.zip "docbase.zip.part"
    • To use tar:
      tar cvzf - <docbase folder> | split -b 256M - "docbase.tgz.part"