According to this page, one can let tar create a tar archive "split" into 100 Mb files:
tar -c -M --tape-length=102400 --file=disk1.tar largefile.tgz
The problem is that this command will require you to interactively give a new filename for the next file, after the first file is filled.
Anybody knows of a way to skip this interactive step, and let tar do the "splitting" automatically?
Answer
Take a look at the --new-volume-script option, which lets you replace the prompting mechanism with a different mechanism or with a generated filename. ((tar.info)Multi-Volume Archives in the tar info page.) The problem with split is that you need to cat the pieces back together to do anything, whereas a multivolume archive should be a bit more flexible.
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