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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > -- The Moon is Waxing Crescent (22% of Full) So visit me at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck
