Re: split(1): add '-c' to continue creating files

2023-02-12 Thread Jan Schaumann
Jan Schaumann wrote: > The attached diff adds a flag "-c" (mnemonic "create, > don't overwrite" or "continue where you left off"): Ugh, and once more without a race condition. -Jan Index: split.1 === RCS file: /cvsroot/src/usr.bin/

split(1): add '-c' to continue creating files

2023-02-12 Thread Jan Schaumann
Hello, Currently, split(1) will clobber any existing output files: $ split file; ls xaa xab xac xad $ split second-file; ls xaa xab xac xad xae xaf I often would like for it to pick up where it left off and continue creating files in the sequence. Right now, there is no good way for me to yield