From eb012451cc0f04d66f50b823f3c5de37b830e8a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shahram Najm <masn@ecmwf.int>
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 14:50:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ECC-567: codes_split_file documentation

---
 confluence/tools.par        |  5 +++--
 tools/codes_split_file.desc | 12 ++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/codes_split_file.desc

diff --git a/confluence/tools.par b/confluence/tools.par
index 9b48c384e..a9ff217cc 100644
--- a/confluence/tools.par
+++ b/confluence/tools.par
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@ BUFR (
       gts_filter
       gts_ls
     )  
-      
-!Generic (
+
+Generic (
       codes_count desc
       codes_info desc
+      codes_split_file desc
       )
 
diff --git a/tools/codes_split_file.desc b/tools/codes_split_file.desc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25fd962be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/codes_split_file.desc
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+NAME	codes_split_file
+	
+DESCRIPTION
+
+	Split an input file (GRIB, BUFR etc) into chunks roughly the same size. The files are named after the input with _1, _2 etc appended. This is much faster than grib_copy/bufr_copy.
+
+USAGE
+	codes_split_file [-v] nchunks input
+
+OPTIONS
+	-v  Print the count of messages and files created
+