diff --git a/extract b/extract
index 5bccdd9d89cd6148f904a41adfcad16c6550da74..1ce6a86b105e2f5bea88166466c71b6a55a8d7c3 100755
--- a/extract
+++ b/extract
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ echo 1 >number
 tar -M -F './tar-multi-volume-script x file' -xf file.tar 2>&-
 
 # remove a spurious file
-rm file.tar
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+rm file.tar
diff --git a/generate b/generate
index d34cb353915c85588bb46232001e43da065db828..231e889cf4e9f50edb9c6949dc57a31662b475de 100755
--- a/generate
+++ b/generate
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 echo 1 >number
 
 # multi-volume archive creation
-tar -ML 200000 -F './tar-multi-volume-script c file' -cf file.tar ~/broadway/www/digiday/wp-content/uploads/ 2>&-
+tar -ML 20000 -F './tar-multi-volume-script c file' -cf file.tar "$1" 2>&-
 
 # execute the "change-volume" script a last time
-./tar-multi-volume-script c file
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+./tar-multi-volume-script c file
diff --git a/next-volume b/next-volume
deleted file mode 100755
index a647946b71b152d10875f8a19754c89215090a99..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/next-volume
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-prefix="$1"
-n=1
-while [[ -e "$prefix-$n.tar" ]]; do
-  ((n++))
-done
-mv "$prefix.tar" "$prefix-$n.tar"
-echo "$prefix-$n.tar"
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diff --git a/tar-multi-volume-script b/tar-multi-volume-script
index f36bcfa3100d9571717c6ba15e7b07573220fc44..b789b300f09dd4d6157898cff7dfa7ab8cde5567 100755
--- a/tar-multi-volume-script
+++ b/tar-multi-volume-script
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ mode="$1"
 prefix="$2"
 n=$(<number)
 
-
 case $mode in
   c) mv "$prefix.tar"    "$prefix-$n.tar" ;;
   x) cp "$prefix-$n.tar" "$prefix.tar"    ;;
 esac
 
-echo $((n+1)) >number
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+echo $((n+1)) >number