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Subject:	Re: How do I split binaries to manageable chunks

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   --- "William S. Shu" <wshu AT essex DOT ac DOT uk> wrote:

> Hello all,
> I tried using the cygwin-20 split command (under windows 95) to split binary
> files into manageable chunks.  This is for them to be transmitted down noisy
> lines, and be reconstituted (cf. your split version of full.exe).
> Unfortunately, it seems to handle only text files.
> 
> My question is/are:
> 1)    Could you please indicate to split and later recombine binary file(s)?
> 2)    Do I need to convert the file to a text equivalent before using split?
> If so, what software can I use to do this?

> Hmm.  The split program is part of the textutils package.  I just checked the
> cygwin source and find that it does not specify any file processing mode. :-(( 
> I suggest that you get the textutils package and properly port split.c by
> specifying the processing mode for the files being open both input and
> output.

Well, this looks exactly like the situation that shows the ultimate
futility of trying to accomodate MSDOG text files.  How is split to
know what type of file it is handling?  Should we embed a copy of
file(1) into split?  Stoop down to MSDOG practice and rely on file
names?  Or what?


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