tower@WHEATIES.AI.MIT.EDU (Leonard H. Tower Jr.) (03/12/88)
The problem was NOT with GNU's split, but with the underlying tar file. /u/emacs/edist.tar-18.50.Z (hard linked to /u/emacs/edist.tar.Z) has been successfully uncompressed and untarred both on prep (a VAX 11/750) and a Sun 3. Split files are under /u/emacs/edist.tar-18.50.Z-split and cat/cmp-ed against /u/emacs/edist.tar-18.50.Z. Remember to set your ftp to binary mode. volunteeringly yours -len