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Re: textifying, splitting, rejoining binaries
- To: Joshua Rosen <rozzin@geekspace.com>
- Subject: Re: textifying, splitting, rejoining binaries
- From: "Pierre A. Humblet" <humblet@eurecom.fr>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 15:42:14 +0200 (MET DST)
- cc: "William S. Shu" <wshu@essex.ac.uk>, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
On Mon, 21 Jun 1999, Joshua Rosen wrote:
> "William S. Shu" wrote:
>
> > My question is/are:
> > 1) Could you please indicate to split and later recombine binary file(s)?
>
> Use the `cat' command to recombine split files.
>
To split, use the `split -b' command.
Do NOT use `cat' to recombine binary files on a text mounted system.
I have never tried `split' on a text mounted system...
Pierre
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