Re: a good maximum size for FAQ postings (was Re: rftm.mit.edu OK?)

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> > It's a lot more convenient to maintain one file than several.
>
> so maintain it as one file! who cares how you maintain it?
>
> just don't POST it as a 500k article. break it up for posting.

As you may know, I maintain the sed FAQ file, which on its next
posting will be about 120k in size. I use a 4DOS working environment,
and do my editing on GNU Emacs or Multi-Edit.

Do you know of a prewritten script (perhaps a gawk or perl script)
for breaking up long FAQ files into sections, and adding the necessary
headers for each section? I could write one myself, but if it's
already been done there's no need for me to redo the same task. Thanks
in advance.

Kind regards,

Eric Pement

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Eric Pement <epement@jpusa.chi.il.us>
senior editor, Cornerstone magazine
sed FAQ file: http://www.cornerstonemag.com/sed/sedfaq.html
sed 1-liners: http://www.cornerstonemag.com/sed/sed1line.txt

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