cutting mail spool

[Alan Dayley]

Craig White said:
> I need to cut a users mail spool file down that now is 2.0G and mail box
> isn't working.
>
> I backed up her mail spool and emptied it out and now need a way to
> edit/cut it down - emacs won't open it because it exhausts the buffer.
>
> What's a simple command to say split the thing in half?

Your question got me curious for a better solution than waiting around for
dd to complete.  I did not look at them all or try any but:

http://www.google.com/linux?num=100&hl=en&lr=lang_en&c2coff=1&q=split+file&btnG=Search

looks interesting.

Alan