in place file splitter

[Charles Hallenbeck]

Removing the input file before the output files are written is
what we used to call a "bridge burn".

When you make a list of the chunks of the input file, where are
they held before writing them? Does this mean you have to have a
ram total that is at least the size of the file?

Just curious.


On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Tyler Spivey wrote:

> well, normally the split command does something like:
> 1. open the file for reading.
> 2. take one chunk, open a new output file, place it there and close it.
> 3. repeat until split.
> this keeps the original file, and on a space limited system, e.g. a quota,
> you're out of luck.
> in place does:
> 1. open the file for reading.
> 2. read al the chunks into some kind of list.
> 3. wait to press enter, so the user can suspend the program and remove the
> file.
> 4. write the output files.
> if you remove the original file, the split files take up almost the same
> space so quotas don't get in the way.
> my program is no where complete, just a skeleton though.
>
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