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- Alsplit v 1.0, (c) 1990 Andy Lawrie, Softronix
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-
- Alsplit breaks a single large file on a hard disk over several floppies. The
- floppies can contain other files. Alsplit will use whatever space is left on
- them, although it won't bother to use a floppy if there is less than about 10Kb
- free to avoid splitting a file into too many tiny fragments.
-
- The output is self merging, i.e. the file on the first floppy is a .exe file
- which is executed to re-create the original file. Files on subsequent floppies
- have the extension .e01, .e02, etc. This may seem an unusual way to do it but
- it does overcome all problems with availability and versions when recovering
- the original file at the cost of an increase in file size which is minute when
- compared to the files it works with.
-
- It does not compress files, so if this is required you should pre-compress with
- PKZIP or similar.
-
- The syntax to split a file is :-
-
- alsplit source destination
-
- where 'source' is a path to a single file, e.g.
-
- fred.doc doc\test.exe c:\win\doc\help.wri
-
- and destination is a path to a single file but without the file type
- (extension), e.g.
-
- a:tom jerry
-
- In both cases, if a relative path or just the file is specified, the current
- drive and directory will be used as the starting point. Be careful if
- specifying a destination path as the path should be valid for all floppies used
- in the operation.
-
- The source must not be a floppy disk (where a floppy disk is defined as drive A
- or B). The destination should be a floppy; the program will work if it is not,
- but there really isn't any point.
-
- The original filename and type, but not the path, are stored in the destination
- file.
-
- To restore a file from floppies to a hard disk, the syntax is :-
-
- xxx [destination]
-
- where xxx is the name given to the file when split, and destination is an
- optional drive and/or path and/or filename and type. If destination is omitted,
- the current drive will be used with the stored filename and type. If any part
- of the destination is specified, it will override the relevant parts of these
- defaults. Note that if a destination directory is specified without a file
- name, the specification should end with \. The destination should not be a
- floppy.
-
- This is a Beta test version, so please let me know of any problems.
-
-
- Andy
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