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- FCHOP2.EXE (FCHOP/FBUILD Version 2.0), Jan 1993
- Author : Lawrence Agbezuge (716) 787-0053
- CompuServe : 71530,1137
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- Description
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- FCHOP2.exe accomplishes the same functions performed by the two files
- FCHOP.EXE and FBUILD.EXE.
-
- FCHOP2 will either break up a large file into smaller files, or recombine
- the chopped files into the original file.
- The re-combined files will match the original file, provided that the
- chopped files are not tampered with.
-
- Why would you want to chop up files ?
- Suppose someone wants to give you a .ZIP file whose size is about 2.1 mB
- (2.1 megabytes) and your PC does not have floppy drives which can read it.
- The file could be broken into smaller files, each of size 360K. Now even
- an XT can read these component files onto a hard disk, and recombine the
- component files into the original 2.1 mB file.
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- Usage
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- Just type, at the DOS prompt :
-
- FCHOP2
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- You will see a listing of files in your current directory.
-
- If you want to chop up a big file, you supply its name and the size of the
- chopped files. After the chopped files are created, it is assumed that you
- will store them on diskettes which can store the chopped files.
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- If you want to re-combine chopped files, you should first copy all the
- chopped files into your current directory before running FCHOP2. A file with
- extension .000 contains the name of all the component files, and uses this
- file for accurately re-creating the original file.
-
- A file test.dat has been provided for you to test.
- Use FCHOP2 to break up test.dat into say, 180 block (180,000 byte) files, and
- then re-combine them into the original file.
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- This is freeware.
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