File splitting/joining program of choice?

[webfork]

There are a LOT of programs here on the site that split / join files. Some are integrated into file managers and aren't listed specifically in the category set up for it. I think a little note about which one is the best and why would help visitors pick.

I personally use 7-zip's archive splitter, just because it can be opened by programs other than 7-zip itself. What do you use?

[SYSTEM]

I use Swiss File Knife. It's a CLI program, but I split/join files so rarely that I don't want a separate application for that.

[m^(2)]

Total Commander. It has one annoying quirk (requires you to select only the first file and if you select others too, instead of correcting, shows an error message), but I always have it by hand.

[-.-]

i like hjsplit if it's 1 big file... otherwise i use 7-zip/winrar to compress/split

[Ruby]

I like the one 'I am Baas' suggested here.

File Splitter Lite

But like 'SYSTEM', I also use Swiss File Knife, it's an amazing tool.

[joby_toss]

Now I use 7-zip to split/join files.

[webfork]

So an old thread update: I'm still using 7zip, but the problem is that it reads the entire file and then writes the file in parts. A splitter program should ideally take a file and just chop it up with as little effort as possible. The difference when splitting a 10 gig file is several minutes of time (more if you're doing it over a network) and a lot of hard drive activity.

Are there any programs that do this?

[NickR]

I also use 7zip for this - But I use compression Level 'Store' and I see the files appearing immediatly as the bar progresses accross the graph

[the_watcher]

i've tried Gsplit a couple of times, without much success though . the split procedure was quick [compared to winrar] but my inability to merge the files doesn't allow me to suggest this app. you could give it a try though. maybe you 'll have a different experience

[lautrepay]

Concadec
http://www.concadec.debug-pro.com/index.php?language=en

[I am Baas]

FFSJ: The Fastest File Splitter and Joiner

http://www.jaist.ac.jp/~hoangle/filesj/

FFSJ-Lite is only one .EXE file, it does not need to be installed, you can directly run FFSJ by double-clicking FFSJ.exe.

Not tested for portability.

[joby_toss]

FFSJ-Lite saves settings to "...\AppData\Roaming\FFSJ\FFSJ.cfg".

[NickR]

HxD (Hex editor) has Split & Concatenate functions from its toolbar.
(it also has: Secure delete, File-compare, Check-sums & Statistics)
As I use HxD a lot for large file search and replace, I often install it to the context menus
Always to hand, for me, beats most other considerations.

[smaragdus]

Too bad File Splitter and Joiner isn't portable since it is a nice tool.
It's web-page is no linger available but the program can be downloaded via Archive.Org. It is also available at Softpedia.