m.bsplit <contrib>    GRASS Reference Manual   <contrib> m.bsplit



NAME
     m.bsplit - Splits a large (greater than 1,048,000 megabyte)
     file into smaller portions.
     (SCS GRASS File Management Program)

SYNOPSIS
     m.bsplit
     m.bsplit help
     m.bsplit input=name [size=value] [prefix=name]

DESCRIPTION
     m.bsplit works much like the UNIX command csplit;	however,
     it was developed to be used on binary, not ASCII, files.

     The first parameter, size, has a default value of 500000.
     The user may assign larger or smaller values, as long as
     1000000 is not exceeded.

     The second parameter, prefix, is comparable to the UNIX
     csplit  command use of "x" as a prefix to output files.
     m.bsplit uses the default of "bx" as a prefix on output.

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
     Parameters:

     input=name	       The name of the binary input file to be
		       split.

     size=value	       The value, in megabytes, of one of the
		       new, split-up files created from the input
		       file.

     prefix=name       File name prefix assigned to the new
		       (split) files.

SEE ALSO
     The UNIX csplit command.

AUTHOR
     R.L.Glenn, USDA, SCS, NHQ-CGIS


NOTICE
     This program is part of the contrib section of the GRASS
     distribution.  As such, it is externally contributed code
     that has not been examined or tested by the Office of GRASS
     Integration.








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