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general:bugtracker [2010/06/21 13:44] darkzell666 add note about not using xtremsplit & co. |
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| If for some reason you don't want to (or can't) upload a huge sample on the web, you'll want to cut a piece of the file (ie. grab the first xx MBytes of the file). | If for some reason you don't want to (or can't) upload a huge sample on the web, you'll want to cut a piece of the file (ie. grab the first xx MBytes of the file). | ||
| - | The split command does this perfectly (where XX is the number of MBytes you want to cut) : split -b**XX**M <input file> <output prefix> --verbose | + | On windows, you can use DGSplit for this purpose. It is available here : [[http://neuron2.net/mine.html|http://neuron2.net/mine.html]]. Check the "Stop after N chunks" box, for 1 chunk, to speed up the process. The chunks are numbered starting from 0. |
| - | This will actually split the entire input file into chunks of **XX** MBytes. You only want the first part, which should be named "<output prefix>-a**a**". | + | Alternatively, if DGSplit doesn't work for you or if it doesn't work with your OS via an emulator, the split command does this perfectly (where XX is the number of MBytes you want to cut) : ''split -b**XX**M <input file> <output prefix> --verbose'' |
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| + | This will actually split the entire input file into chunks of **XX** MBytes. You only want the first part, which should be named ''<output prefix>-a**a**''. | ||
| You can freely Ctrl+C the process after the command has told you the nnnnnnnn-a**b** sample is being created. | You can freely Ctrl+C the process after the command has told you the nnnnnnnn-a**b** sample is being created. | ||
| - | This command is available natively under *nix. | + | The split command is available natively under *nix. For Windows, you can grab the GnuWin32 CoreUtils from here : [[http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm|http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm]]. |
| - | For Windows, you can grab the GnuWin32 CoreUtils from here : http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/coreutils.htm | + | It contains the split command mentionned above, along with many other nifty tools from the *nix world. |
| - | It contains the split command mentionned above (along with many other nifty tools from the *nix world), which uses the same syntax. | + | |
| Once the "Complete package, except sources" is installed, don't forget to update your PATH environment variable so it points to "C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin;" (or whatever path you defined during installation). | Once the "Complete package, except sources" is installed, don't forget to update your PATH environment variable so it points to "C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin;" (or whatever path you defined during installation). | ||
| - | Using tools like XtremSplit or other fancy file splitters is a no-go since they usually require all the chunks to be present for the data to be reconstructed, which won't be the case. | + | Using tools like XtremSplit or other fancy file splitters is a no-go in this precise scenario since they usually require all the chunks to be present for the data to be reconstructed, which won't be the case. |
| ====== Posting samples ====== | ====== Posting samples ====== | ||
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