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Date:	Mon, 21 Jun 1999 10:11:19 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Reply-To:	earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com
Subject:	Re: How do I split binaries to manageable chunks
To:	itz AT lbin DOT com
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--- itz AT lbin DOT com wrote:
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> 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?

The utility split should just always process in binary mode.

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Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>

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