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diff --git a/misc-utils/dsplit.1 b/misc-utils/dsplit.1 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..f78f058fb --- /dev/null +++ b/misc-utils/dsplit.1 @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +.\" Public Domain 1994 Rik Faith (faith@cs.unc.edu) +.TH DSPLIT 1 "5 July 1994" "Linux 1.1" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.SH NAME +dsplit \- split a large file into pieces +.SH SYNOPSIS +.BI "dsplit [ \-size " nnn " ] [ " input_file " [ " output_base " ] ]" +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B dsplit +splits binary files into smaller chunks so that they may be placed on +floppy disks. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.BI \-size " nnn" +Specifies the size of each output file, in bytes. The default is 1457000, +which is enough to will a 1.44 MB floppy disk. +.TP +.I input_file +Specifies the name of the file to split up. A \- indicates standard input. +The default is standard input. +.TP +.I output_base +Specifies the name of the output files to be written. +.B dsplit +will append 000, 001, ..., to the +.IR output_base . +The default is "dsplit". +.SH "AUTHOR'S NOTES" +Submitted-by: arnstein@netcom.com (David Arnstein) +.br +Posting-number: Volume 40, Issue 51 +.br +Archive-name: dsplit/part01 +.br +Environment: MS-DOS, UNIX +.PP +Here is a portable binary file splitting program. It reads a binary file +and splits it into pieces. I use this program to put large binary files on +floppy disks. For this reason, the default size of the output files is +1,457,000 bytes, which just about fills up a 1.44 MB floppy disk. +.PP +Unlike other binary split programs I have seen, dsplit does not malloc a +huge block of memory. Dsplit is suitable for use under MSDOS and other +primitive operating systems. +.PP +(The program came from +gatekeeper.dec.com:/pub/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume40/dsplit). |