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On 12/30/2010 11:13 AM, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> I have a script I've run successfully for years on a Win XP system.
>=20
> I just did a clean install of the whole OS and Cygwin from scratch.
>=20
> The script makes use of the 'split' utility using a command
> along the lines of:
>=20
>   tar -czvfT file - | /usr/bin/split -b 10000 - foo.bar
>=20
> It formerly produced files in the form foo.bar.xa, foo.bar.xb, and so
> forth.
>=20
> Now it produces files in the form: foo.bar.xaaaaaaa...

Known upstream bug in coreutils 8.8:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2010-12/msg00109.html

and will be fixed soon (either by upstream coreutils 8.9, or by
back-porting that patch into cygwin coreutils-8.8-2).

>=20
> Ideas?

Adding '-a2' may serve as a decent workaround in the meantime.

--=20
Eric Blake   eblake AT redhat DOT com    +1-801-349-2682
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