> I understand your requirement and it sounds like a great
> utility. Many a
> time I've been stuck in a testbed with a large trace file and
> a stack of
> floppies, and I spend far too much time fluffing about with
> WinZip. Short
> of adding new features to editcap.c (which isn't too
> insurmountable a task
> if you know c), I can suggest that you make better use of editcap.
>
> This version of the split utility will mean that your big
> trace file will
> only need to be read log2(n) times rather than log2(n) times.
> You'll need to
> tweak the "copy" to "cp" if your lucky enough to use a real operating
> system. :-)
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I am indeed blessed with a few systems that use 'cp'. :-) Thanks for the code snippet. I'm trying various ways of doing this. If I get this algorithm working here, shall I repost the complete version back to the list?
--J