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Date:	Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:18:36 -0600
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On 12/30/2010 12:13 PM, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> I have a script I've run successfully for years on a Win XP system.
>
> I just did a clean install of the whole OS and Cygwin from scratch.
>
> The script makes use of the 'split' utility using a command
> along the lines of:
>
> tar -czvfT file - | /usr/bin/split -b 10000 - foo.bar
>
> It formerly produced files in the form foo.bar.xa, foo.bar.xb, and so forth.
>
> Now it produces files in the form: foo.bar.xaaaaaaa...
>
> IOW, split appears to be appending extraneous characters onto the end of the
> line.
>
> Other facts noted:
>
> 1) The number of characters appended seems to vary depending on
> some magic having to do with either the left side of the | or
> the name of the destination file.
>
> 2) 'split' seems to behave if run directly on the command line rather
> than being the destination of a pipe.
>
> Ideas?

Clarification:

This works as expected:

    cat /setup.exe | /usr/bin/split -b 10000 -

This does not:

    cat /setup.exe | /usr/bin/split -b 10000 - foo.bar

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