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From: seawolf@buhub.bradley.edu (Steven Shivers)
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Subject: Re: Copy 4 Meg file to 1.2 Meg floppies?
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Date: 10 Mar 91 23:58:09 GMT
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In <6608@rex.cs.tulane.edu> keating@rex.cs.tulane.edu (John W. Keating) writes:

>In <45404@ut-emx.uucp> dana@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Daniel Schneider) writes:

>>Is it possible to copy a large file (~4 Megs) to floppies without having
>>to go in and manually edit the file into smaller parts?

>PC Magazine had a program awhile back that would split a large file into
>several smaller files for just this purpose.    I no longer have that issue,
>but I believe the program was called SPLIT.  Incidentally, they also had a
>program that would re-assemble the files.  :^)

>Check your local libraries back-issues.

>Good luck!

There is a potentially easier solution than searching for that program.  Put
the file in a directory by itself and use the ms-dos backup command.

Seawolf
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