README
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2lxSplit for Unix (Linux, BSD, ...) version 0.2.4
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4http://lxsplit.sourceforge.net/
5http://sourceforge.net/projects/lxsplit/
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9This utility is used to split up huge files into smaller pieces without
10compression. It can be used to join the splitted pieces back into the
11original file. LXSplit is fully compatible with HJSplit which is a free
12tool available for other operating systems (see http://www.freebyte.com)
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14Installation is easy, just run:
15 make
16 make install
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18The program will be installed as "lxsplit" in /usr/local/bin by default.
19If you wish to install it elsewhere, edit the Makefile, and change the
20'INSTALL_PATH'.
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22LXSplit splits and merges files with the -s and -j flags respectively.
23Starting with version 0.2.1, LXSplit can handle large files (>= 4 GB)
24both when splitting and joining.
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26Example:
27To split a big file into smaller pieces of 15 MB each, run the following
28command:
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30 > lxsplit -s hugefile.bin 15M
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32Output size can be given in (M)egabytes, (k)ilobytes and (b)ytes.
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34To merge (join) the already split pieces into the original big file, run
35this command:
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37 > lxsplit -j smallfiles.bin.001
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39All resulting files (from either splitting or joining) will be placed in
40the current directory.
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44If there are any problems with this software, or if you have suggestions
45or patches, visit the project page at our sourceforge.net address above:
46use the forums and the tracker system to get help and / or to make a bug
47report or submit a patch.
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51LICENSE: This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
52modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
53by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
54your option) any later version. See the GNU General Public License for
55more details.
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59Original author:
60Richard Stellingwerff <remenic@gmail.com>
61homepage: http://www.stellingwerff.com/
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63Maintained by:
64O. Sezer <sezero@users.sourceforge.net>
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68$Id: README,v 1.12 2008/10/03 12:09:04 sezero Exp $
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