Split Archive tar.gz?

[Crop]

Is it possible to generate a split type archive using tar? Similar to what RAR does:

file1.rar
file2.r01
file3.r02
etc...

When unrarring file1.rar it automatically collects r01, r02, etc.

[Jordan]

You can use /usr/bin/split with the -b option. This will make split files specifying the byte size. You would then have to join them again. You could use cat for this.

[Tor]

A better alternative might be to just use RAR.....

[Jordan]

True but not all installations come with unrar by default.