NAME

       dsplit - split a large file into pieces

SYNOPSIS

       dsplit [ -size nnn ] [ input_file [ output_base ] ]

DESCRIPTION

       dsplit  splits  binary  files  into smaller chunks so that
       they may be placed on floppy disks.

OPTIONS

       -size nnn
              Specifies the size of each output file,  in  bytes.
              The  default  is 1457000, which is enough to will a
              1.44 MB floppy disk.
       input_file
              Specifies the name of the file to split  up.   A  -
              indicates  standard input.  The default is standard
              input.
       output_base
              Specifies the name of the output files to be  writ-
              ten.  dsplit will append 000, 001, ..., to the out-
              put_base.  The default is "dsplit".

AUTHOR'S NOTES

       Submitted-by: arnstein@netcom.com (David Arnstein)
       Posting-number: Volume 40, Issue 51
       Archive-name: dsplit/part01
       Environment: MS-DOS, UNIX
       Here is a portable  binary  file  splitting  program.   It
       reads a binary file and splits it into pieces.  I use this
       program to put large binary files on  floppy  disks.   For
       this  reason,  the  default  size  of  the output files is
       1,457,000 bytes, which just  about  fills  up  a  1.44  MB
       floppy disk.
       Unlike  other  binary  split  programs I have seen, dsplit
       does not malloc a huge block of memory.  Dsplit  is  suit-
       able  for  use  under  MSDOS and other primitive operating
       systems.
       (The        program        came         from         gate-
       keeper.dec.com:/pub/usenet/comp.sources.misc/vol-
       ume40/dsplit).