FILSPILT v1.03 - yet another commandline based file splitter/unsplitter
Copyright (c) 1999 by Bernd Giesen, Germany

- Introduction
- Legal disclaimer
- How to use?

Introduction
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Thanks for using FileSplit.

Why another file splitter? Well, it's simple. Since I didn't find
anyone, which satisfied me so far (some were too unhandy, some have
a (IMO unneccesary) GUI, some came only as a DOS version without
long filename support etc.), I decided to write my own. So, here
it is.

To obtain program help please enter "xfilsplt /? <Enter>" on the
command line, where x = d, o, n or l for running the native DOS,
OS/2, Windows 9x/NT or Linux (i386) executable.

The OS/2, DOS and Windows 9x/NT versions were built using the Watcom
C/C++ v10.6 compiler, the Linux version was built with the GNU C/C++
v2.7.2.3 compiler under SUSE Linux v6.2.


Legal disclaimer
----------------

This is free, but copyrighted software. You may use and distribute
the provided executables and the source code under the terms of the
GNU General Public Licence as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version
(see the included file COPYING for details).

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS"! IT COMES WITHOUT ANY EXPRESSED OR
IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING - WITHOUT LIMITATION - THE IMPLIED
WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
THE AUTHOR IS IN NO WAY LIABLE FOR THE LOSS OR DAMAGE OF ANY DATA AND
ITS CONSEQUENCES WHILE USING THIS SOFTWARE. YOU ARE USING THIS SOFTWARE
AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!

Moreover, all users of this software have no claim to any kind of
support or to continuing in development by the author.


How to use?
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xFilSplt will split up any input file to outfiles with the desired
size. If no size parameter is passed to the application, a default
size of 1,44MB (1.457.644 Bytes) will be used. The naming convention
for the outfiles is *.fsp for the first splitted file, *.001, *.002
and so on for all following files. If no outfile name is
specified xFileSplt will use the same filename base like the infile.

  Example:

  MySource.exe will be splitted to MySource.fsp, MySource.001,
  MySource.002 etc.


You can unsplit files created by xFilSplt by using the command line
option "/u" passing the name of the first split file (*.fsp) to it.
If no outfile name is specified for unsplitting, xFilSplt will use
the original filename to recreate the orginal file.

  Example:

  "xFilSplt /u MySplitFile.fsp" will recreate MySource.exe (assuming
  this was the original filename when it was splitted)

  "xFilSplt /u MySplitFile.fsp /o MyUnsplit.txt" will create
  MyUnsplit.txt no matter what the original file really was.

PLEASE NOTE: If a long filename contains space characters it must be
             delimited by double quote characters!
             Example: xFilSplt -u "My Split File.fsp"

You may want to send me an email if you find this software useful.

Have fun,
December 1999

mailto:Bernd.Giesen@t-online.de




