NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/sys/apollo/3407

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From: [e-mail] (Andy Kniveton)
Subject: Re: File-splitter for email
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Sender: [e-mail]
Organization: Motorola LTD
References:  <[e-mail]>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 07:12:42 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Randy Taylor) writes:
>
> A freind of mine is looking for a file splitter
> for email.  He is transmitting 100k to 1 Meg
> ASCII files and it seems that most mail programs
> can handle a max "chuck" size of 50 k.
>
> Any help would be apprecited.  Please reply by email]
> and I'll summarize.
>
> Randy Taylor
> [e-mail]

Hi,

Give this a try :-

#!/bin/csh
# splitmail
# useage splitmail file_name email_address
uuencode $1 $1 > $1.uu
split -500 $1.uu spm.uu
foreach i ( spm.uu?? )
/usr/bin/mailx -s $i $2 < $i
rm $i
end
rm $1.uu

Andy.
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