> Has anyone tried to use the split program in the util directory?
>
> Every time I try to use it, it doesn't split the files like it's supposed
> to... instead, it seems to decide it's own filenames, and breaks them
> where it wants to..
> it names the files on it's own like this: xaa xab xac
> with the last letter going to z, then the middle letter changes to b and
> starts over.
You are accidentally running the program 'split' that comes with unix.
It breaks text files into pieces, by default naming them xaa xab etc
So say you:
cd to src/util
and you:
gcc split.c -o split
To be sure you run this split program and not hte systems, do:
./split <whatever>
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