Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!dcs!wnp
From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: bsplit (binary file split)
Message-ID: <266@dcs.UUCP>
Date: 20 Dec 88 15:56:01 GMT
References: <1988Dec18.101912.5463@lsuc.uucp> <1512@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Reply-To: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Organization: DCS, Dallas, Texas
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In article <1512@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM> wescott@sauron.Columbia.NCR.COM (Mike Wescott) writes:
 >In article <1988Dec18.101912.5463@lsuc.uucp> dave@lsuc.uucp (David Sherman) writes:
 >> Uh, why do you need a new tool for this?
 >> 
 >> dd bs=512          count=100 if=$1 of=xaa (etc, rest deleted)
 >
 >We actually hacked a flag into the split(1) to do the split
 >in terms of blocks rather than lines.

But the point of posting UNIX-compatible utilities to comp.sources.misc
or elsewhere on the net is to serve those people who do not have access
to genuine UNIX source, and thus are not in a position to hack anything into
the split(1) ...

And there are numerous times I can think of when a compiled tool is faster, or
otherwise more convenient than a shell script or commandline construct.

Anyone who disagrees, just simply doesn't have to keep this around or use it.
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