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    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "deb-split",
    "section": "5",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/deb-split/5/json",
    "generated": "2026-10-05T11:33:39Z",
    "synopsis": "filename.deb",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "deb-split - Debian multi-part binary package format\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "filename.deb\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "The multi-part .deb format is used to split big packages into smaller pieces to ease\ntransport in small media.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "FORMAT": {
            "content": "The file is an ar archive with a magic value of !<arch>.  The file names might contain a\ntrailing slash (since dpkg 1.15.6).\n\nThe first member is named debian-split and contains a series of lines, separated by newlines.\nCurrently eight lines are present:\n\n•   The format version number, 2.1 at the time this manual page was written.\n\n•   The package name.\n\n•   The package version.\n\n•   The md5sum of the package.\n\n•   The total size of the package.\n\n•   The maximum part size.\n\n•   The  current  part  number,  followed  by  a  slash  and the total amount of parts (as in\n‘1/10’).\n\n•   The package architecture (since dpkg 1.16.1).\n\nPrograms which read multi-part archives should be  prepared  for  the  minor  format  version\nnumber to be increased and additional lines to be present, and should ignore these if this is\nthe case.\n\nIf  the major format version number has changed, an incompatible change has been made and the\nprogram should stop.  If it has not, then the program should  be  able  to  safely  continue,\nunless  it  encounters  an unexpected member in the archive (except at the end), as described\nbelow.\n\nThe second, last required member is named data.N,  where  N  denotes  the  part  number.   It\ncontains the raw part data.\n\nThese  members  must  occur  in  this exact order.  Current implementations should ignore any\nadditional members after data.N.  Further members may be  defined  in  the  future,  and  (if\npossible) will be placed after these two.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "deb(5), dpkg-split(1).\n\n1.22.6                                       2026-05-06                                 deb-split(5)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "deb-split - Debian multi-part binary package format",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "deb",
            "section": "5",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/deb/5/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "dpkg-split",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/dpkg-split/1/json"
        }
    ]
}