NAME

chop - a file slicing utility to facilitate the transfer of files too big for the intermediate storage medium (floppy disks for example)

SYNOPSIS

chop filename basename [size]

DESCRIPTION

chop is a file slicing utility used to facilitate the transfer files too big for the intermediate transfer medium (floppy disks or email for example). The filename specified is that of a file residing on the source medium. basename determines the base name for the smaller files which are generated. The files are differentiated by their suffixes. The first file has a suffix of ".c00". It has the name of the original file. The subsequent files get suffixes of ".c01", ".c02", etc. and contain the data of the file. The optional parameter size specifies a maximum size for these "chop" files in K bytes. Its value is multiplied by 1024 to get a value in bytes for the maximum size of the chop files. If size is not specified, 1350 is used.

The "chop" files are copied or attached to the intermediate transfer medium. Once transferred, all the files are gathered into a directory on the target medium and the unchop utility is used to reassemble them into the original file.

SEE ALSO

unchop

COPYING

Copyright 1999-2006 Robert Burkhardt

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms Version 2 of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. You can also find a copy at the Free Software Foundation's website, http://www.gnu.org.

BUGS

None currently known. Please send any bug reports to R. Burkhardt, P.O. Box 426164, Cambridge, MA 02142-0021 or bobwb@juno.com.