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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.