NAME

bsplit − split binary data into fixed-size chunks

SYNOPSIS

­bsplit [ ­-p ­prefix ] [ ­-s ­size ] [ ­file ...  ]

DESCRIPTION

­Bsplit copies binary data from input ­files into a series of files with names starting with ­prefix (bs.  by default) and of a fixed ­size (512MB by default).  The last file may be shorter than size. This can be useful when copying large amounts of data onto fixed-size storage media such as CDs or DVDs.

FILES

­prefixNNNNN output files

SOURCE

­/sys/src/cmd/bsplit.c

SEE ALSO

split(1), tarsplit(1)

Plan 9  —  July 28, 2011