Greg Hosler wrote: [snip] > > I have always been under the inpression that: > > cat a.mpg b.mpg c.mpg >> combined.mpg > > would do what you want. This involves a physical coping of the files (as > opposed to linking them together), but aside from that, I think it meets > your requirements. > A related 'dirty trick' is zip -0 combined.zip a.mpg b.mpg c.mpg mv combined.zip combined.mpg Bonus: you can split again (mv, unzip) Malus: intoduces garbage into the stream. But most players seem able to live with it. -- Michel Bardiaux Peaktime Belgium S.A. Rue Margot, 37 B-1457 Nil St Vincent Tel : +32 10 65.44.15 Fax : +32 10 65.44.10