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- Split! 1.0
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- User Manual
-
- December 11, 1993
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-
- INTRODUCTION
-
- Frequently, I had to move large files between platforms. When I
- had a 10 megabyte file on my Amiga hard disk that I wanted to take
- to school (an IBM network) for printing, I found that when I LhAed
- the file, it still wouldn't fit on a floppy disk. After trying
- other file splitters, I found that they were just too slow for my
- needs. I wrote my own.
-
-
- INSTALLATION
-
- Split! is a CLI-based command, and therefore should be placed
- somewhere in your command path. I reccomend that you move the
- executable to your C: directory before use.
-
- USAGE
-
- Split! must be run from the CLI, and takes only two parameters:
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- Split! <infile> <outfile>
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- <infile> is the large file you want to split up into smaller files.
-
- <outfile> is the root of the destination filename. For each file
- created, a numerical extention will be added.
-
- Once run, Split! will ask you how big (in Kilobytes) to make each
- <outfile>. To transport it on standard MS-DOS 720k disks, I would
- reccomend a split size of 700. For 1.44Mb MS-DOS disks, enter 1400.
-
- Example:
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- Split BigFile LittleFile
- SplitSize (Kb): 700
-
- The files would be called: LittleFile.1, LittleFile.2, etc.
-
-
- On the MS-DOS system, you just copy all the files off the disks
- into a directory on the hard disk. The MS-DOS 'COPY' command
- does a good job of putting them back to gether.
-
- COPY LittleFile.1/b+LittleFile.2/b+LittleFile.3/b BigFile
-
- This would join all the smaller files into a larger one called
- 'BigFile.' The '/b' switch on each file is important. It tells
- COPY that it is joining binary files, and thus will not stop at
- the first CTRL-Z it sees.
-
-
- BENCHMARKS
-
- These tests where done with the file NodeList.316, the FidoNet
- nodelist. The source file was 2212118 bytes long. The splitsize
- in both cases was 700k.
-
- Split! 1.0 Chopper 1.1
- ========== ===========
-
- 10.23 sec. 140.21 sec.
-
-
- LIMITATIONS
-
- Alas, the programs speed is not a result of my programming
- prowess. It is simply because of my big-assed buffer! By
- processing 32k at a time, your systems hard disk has to seek
- less. Unfortuantely, this is demanding on _very_ low memory
- systems. I would have included my PCQ Pascal source code,
- but I'm too embarrased.
-
- DISTRIBUTION
-
- Although this program is freely distributable, it remains _my_
- program, Copyright (c) Dan Fraser, 1993.
-
- I shall impose a few limitations on distribution. It must not be
- _sold_ for profit. It must not be placed in public domain
- collections for which more than $4 a disk is charged, and it may
- not be used in commercial product distributions without my written
- permission.
-
- CONTACTING THE AUTHOR
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- Dan Fraser
- FidoNet: 1:221/125.1
-
- Snail Mail:
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- 88 Windsor Avenue
- London, Ontario
- CANADA
- N6C 1Z9
-