From: groma@everx.szbk.u-szeged.hu (Geza I. Groma) Subject: Re: split and cat 26 Jan 1998 01:25:27 -0800 Message-ID: <34CC52B0.142D6A5F.cygnus.gnu-win32@everx.szbk.u-szeged.hu> References: <34C91A31.36F6AA85@eml.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=x-user-defined Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: malcolm Cc: "gnu-win32@cygnus.com" Make sure that your working directory is mounted with the -b (binary) flag. Hopefully this helps. Geza Groma malcolm wrote: > Are split and cat supposed to work properly as a means of splitting > large binary files and joinging the pieces back together. I find that > split craps out having performed a good job of creating nothing useful. > If I use split on a Linux box and then try to use cat to put the bits > back together, that fails as well. Typical files I have tried are 10+MB > being split into 1MB chunks. > > Just curious to hear if anyone has got them to work - in which case its > my setup. Or if its a common problem, is a fix on the way? > > regards > malcolm > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Malcolm Melville email: malcolm@eml.co.uk > Enterprise Melville Limited Tel: +44 1435 869911 > Network and Aviation Consultancy Fax: +44 1435 869912 > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".