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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.inetnebr.com!news.enteract.com!newsfeed.enteract.com!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!su-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!netapp.com!netapp.com!not-for-mail From: guy@netapp.com (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: how to cut a piece of file? Date: 17 Jul 1997 16:58:11 -0700 Organization: Network Appliance Lines: 11 Message-ID: <5qmbij$37i@tooting.netapp.com> References: <33CCD3A6.CADC65F7@mcnet.ch> <5qjq62$pdt$1@news2symp> NNTP-Posting-Host: tooting.netapp.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44592 Gardner Buchanan <gbuchanan@on.sympatico.ca> wrote: >Alternatively you could write a simple program based around read(2), >write(2) and lseek(2). Or use an existing program using "read()", "write()", and "lseek()", e.g. "dd". (See the "skip=" option.) -- Reply, or follow up, but don't do both, please. postmaster@localhost postmaster@127.0.0.1