Py_Files_Split.py

import os, sys

kbytes = 1024
mbytes = kbytes * 1024
chunksize = int(1.4 * mbytes)

def split(fromfile, todir, chunksize=chunksize):
    if not os.path.exists(todir):
        os.mkdir(todir)
    else:
        for fname in os.listdir(todir):
            os.remove(os.path.join(todir,fname))
    partnum = 0
    input = open(fromfile, 'rb')
    while True:
        chunk = input.read(chunksize)
        if not chunk: break
        partnum += 1
        filename = os.path.join(todir, ('part%04d' % partnum))
        fileobj = open(filename, 'wb')
        fileobj.write(chunk)
        fileobj.close()
    input.close()
    assert partnum < 999
    return partnum

def join(fromdir, tofile):
    output = open(tofile, 'wb')
    parts = os.listdir(fromdir)
    parts.sort()
    for filename in parts:
        filepath = os.path.join(fromdir, filename)
        fileobj = open(filepath, 'rb')
        while True:
            filebytes = fileobj.read(kbytes)
            if not filebytes: break
            output.write(filebytes)
        fileobj.close()
    output.close()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] == '-help':
        print('Use: split.py [file-to-split target-dir [chunksize]]')
    else:
        if len(sys.argv) < 3:
            interactive = True
            fromfile = input('File to be split? ')
            todir = input('Directory to store part files? ')
        else:
            interactive = False
            fromfile, todir = sys.argv[1:3]
            if len(sys.argv) == 4: chunksize = int(sys.argv[3])
        absfrom, absto = map(os.path.abspath, [fromfile, todir])
        print('Splitting', absfrom, 'to', absto, 'by', chunksize)

        try:
            parts = split(fromfile, todir, chunksize)
        except :
            print('Error during split:')
            print(sys.exc_info()[0], sys.exc_info()[1])
        else:
            print('Split finished:', parts, 'parts are in', absto)

        if interactive: input('Press Enter key')