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Date:	Mon, 21 Jun 1999 15:42:14 +0200 (MET DST)
From:	"Pierre A. Humblet" <humblet AT eurecom DOT fr>
To:	Joshua Rosen <rozzin AT geekspace DOT com>
cc:	"William S. Shu" <wshu AT essex DOT ac DOT uk>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject:	Re: textifying, splitting, rejoining binaries
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Message-ID:	<Pine.SOL.3.96.990621152730.24892A-100000@pauillac.eurecom.fr>
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On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Joshua Rosen wrote:

> "William S. Shu" wrote:
> 
> > My question is/are:
> > 1)    Could you please indicate to split and later recombine binary file(s)?
> 
>     Use the `cat' command to recombine split files.
>
To split, use the `split -b' command. 
Do NOT use `cat' to recombine binary files on a text mounted system.
I have never tried `split' on a text mounted system...

Pierre




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