Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm
Sender: cygwin-owner AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Message-ID: <19990621140902.25727.rocketmail@web127.yahoomail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 07:09:02 -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: "William S. Shu" <wshu AT essex DOT ac DOT uk>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

--- "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.
===
Earnie Boyd <mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>

Newbies, please visit
<http://www.freeyellow.com/members5/gw32/index.html>

(If you respond to the list, then please don't include me)
_________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com


--
Want to unsubscribe from this list?
Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com