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- Some usage tips for SPLIT:
-
- o Disk Span: To split a very large file onto several floppies with varying
- amounts of space available on each floppy, use the (F) option (number of
- files) and ask to split the big file into -ONE- file. As each floppy is
- full, SPLIT closes the current output file and requests another disk.
- Each disk's usable space is exactly filled. Output files are different
- sizes unless the floppies were all empty. When the files are re-united,
- the original file is intact and the crc will verify properly.
-
- o To give the output files the same basename (filename root) as the
- original file, use a dot "." as the output file basename.
-
- Eg: "split BIG.FIL . f 3 n"
-
- Splits BIG.FIL into 3 files named BIG.001, BIG.002, and BIG.003
-
- For the same basename in another directory, use any valid directory name
- for the second command parameter: "d:\dir\" puts files with the same
- basename into another disk\directory, ".." puts files into the parent
- directory.
-
- o To remove an EOF marker or any number of bytes from the end of an
- existing file, use the (B) option. If you want to remove the last 5
- bytes from a BIGFILE of 123,456 bytes, you would specify 123,451 (B)ytes
- per output file. OUTFIL.001 will have the desired 123,451 bytes and the
- smaller OUTFIL.002 will have 5 bytes. OUTFIL.001 can be renamed as
- desired and OUTFIL.002 is erased.
-
- o To remove bytes from the beginning of a file, use (M)anual splitting
- option. This is for advanced users. See SPLITx.DOC for more details.
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