47 lines
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47 lines
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Groff
.\" Public Domain 1994 Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu)
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.TH DSPLIT 1 "5 July 1994" "Linux 1.1" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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.SH NAME
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dsplit \- split a large file into pieces
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.BI "dsplit [ \-size " nnn " ] [ " input_file " [ " output_base " ] ]"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B dsplit
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splits binary files into smaller chunks so that they may be placed on
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floppy disks.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP
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.BI \-size " nnn"
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Specifies the size of each output file, in bytes. The default is 1457000,
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which is enough to will a 1.44 MB floppy disk.
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.TP
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.I input_file
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Specifies the name of the file to split up. A \- indicates standard input.
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The default is standard input.
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.TP
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.I output_base
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Specifies the name of the output files to be written.
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.B dsplit
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will append 000, 001, ..., to the
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.IR output_base .
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The default is "dsplit".
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.SH "AUTHOR'S NOTES"
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Submitted-by: arnstein@netcom.com (David Arnstein)
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.br
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Posting-number: Volume 40, Issue 51
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.br
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Archive-name: dsplit/part01
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.br
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Environment: MS-DOS, UNIX
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.PP
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Here is a portable binary file splitting program. It reads a binary file
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and splits it into pieces. I use this program to put large binary files on
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floppy disks. For this reason, the default size of the output files is
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1,457,000 bytes, which just about fills up a 1.44 MB floppy disk.
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.PP
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Unlike other binary split programs I have seen, dsplit does not malloc a
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huge block of memory. Dsplit is suitable for use under MSDOS and other
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primitive operating systems.
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.PP
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(The program came from
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gatekeeper.dec.com:/pub/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume40/dsplit).
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