Subj : this split is limited to -b 2000m
To   : Maurice Kinal
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Sep 15 2024 18:42:00

Hello Maurice!

 A>> K:\YT>split --version
 A>> split (GNU textutils) 2.0

 MK> I haven't seen the textutils version in AGES now.  It has been part of
 MK> coreutils for at least a decade, probably more.

 MK>   <Esc>:read !split --version
 MK> split (GNU coreutils) 9.5
 MK> Copyright (C) 2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 MK> License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later

split started to be a requirement when I needed a command-line  
way to break up a 7GB media .iso file suitable to transport on  
a usb drive from my windows-based machines.

Would be nice to use a more uptodate split.exe for windows, but  
split.exe 2.0 was workable when I learned (by trial and error)  
what the limit was.

Meanwhile, I am very happy to see that Busybox split has no  
noticeable limit for the -b parameter.

That, and the ability to do piping like:

 tar | gpg | split


 ..luv it!



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