@$VER: 1.00
@author "Christian Steigies"
@(c) "Christian Steigies"
@node "Main" "Extract"
Short:    extracts pieces from files
Uploader: steigies@physik.uni-kiel.d400.de @{"Christian Steigies" link "CTS" 0}
Author:   steigies@physik.uni-kiel.d400.de @{"Christian Steigies" link "CTS" 0}
Type:     util/cli
Extract was written for a @{"poor
guy" link "MG" 0}, who has a CD-Rom drive but can't use it
together with his HD. As he didn't find a split program which allowed to
change the disk after writing a file, I wrote this program, which extracts
a given amount of @{"bytes" link "bytes" 0} from a file. After copying the small files on the
HD, they can be put together with the join command. To split an archive of
2.000.000 bytes into pieces which fit on DD disk, one could use the
follwing commands:
 Extract large df0:small.1 1 800000
 Extract large df0:small.2 800001 1600000
 Extract large df0:small.3 1600001 2000000
After copying them all onto HD,
 join small.1 small.2 small.3 as large
can be used to regain the original archive.
Usage: Extract <infile> <outfile> <from:bytes> <to:bytes>
This is kind of my first C program, so please don't blame me for bad
programming style or if it blows up your Harddisk. I know that it can be
programmed smarter, but it runs ok on @{"my" link "CTS" 0} and @{"Martins" link "MG" 0} Amiga, but I don't
use it too often (I still have no CD-Rom, and when I have mine, I'm sure
that it will work together with my HD).
Extract was compiled with GNU C version 2.5.8 (requires ixemul.library,
in gcc_ixemul) and with GNU C version 2.6.3 (does not require the
ixemul library, in gcc_noixemul, thanx to Martin for this one and testing).
The sourcecode is included.
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@node "CTS" "Christian Steigies"
    Christian Steigies
    Feldstra
e 102
    24105 Kiel
    Germany
    steigies@physik.uni-kiel.d400.de
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@node "MG" "poor guy"
Martin Gierich:   Progammer of the ZShell Versions 2.0+
Try ZShell 2.6, there is a split command included, which makes Extract
superfluus :-((
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@node "bytes" "bytes"
one byte equals 8 bit!
(at least on all the computers I have used so far...)
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