diff -ru coreutils-4.5.3/man/split.1 coreutils-4.5.3-macrotron/man/split.1
--- coreutils-4.5.3/man/split.1	2002-10-13 16:04:51.000000000 +0200
+++ coreutils-4.5.3-macrotron/man/split.1	2002-12-31 17:39:35.000000000 +0100
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
 \fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-suffix\-length\fR=\fIN\fR
 use suffixes of length N (default 2)
 .TP
+\fB\-s\fR, \fB\-\-script\fR=\fICMD\fR
+Run script CMD between each file split. This is usefull when doing backups,
+for example. The output file name is given as parameter to the script.
+.TP
 \fB\-b\fR, \fB\-\-bytes\fR=\fISIZE\fR
 put SIZE bytes per output file
 .TP
diff -ru coreutils-4.5.3/src/split.c coreutils-4.5.3-macrotron/src/split.c
--- coreutils-4.5.3/src/split.c	2002-09-28 18:50:34.000000000 +0200
+++ coreutils-4.5.3-macrotron/src/split.c	2002-12-31 17:09:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -50,12 +50,15 @@
 static char const *outbase;
 
 /* Name of output files.  */
-static char *outfile;
+static char *outfile; 
 
 /* Pointer to the end of the prefix in OUTFILE.
    Suffixes are inserted here.  */
 static char *outfile_mid;
 
+/* pointer so script to run between each file split */
+static char *command;
+
 /* Length of OUTFILE's suffix.  */
 static size_t suffix_length = DEFAULT_SUFFIX_LENGTH;
 
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@
   {"lines", required_argument, NULL, 'l'},
   {"line-bytes", required_argument, NULL, 'C'},
   {"suffix-length", required_argument, NULL, 'a'},
+  {"script", required_argument, NULL, 's'},
   {"verbose", no_argument, NULL, 2},
   {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL},
   {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL},
@@ -106,6 +110,8 @@
 "), stdout);
       fprintf (stdout, _("\
   -a, --suffix-length=N   use suffixes of length N (default %d)\n\
+  -s, --script=CMD        run script after each splittet file the\n\
+                          scripts gets the filename as first argument\n\
   -b, --bytes=SIZE        put SIZE bytes per output file\n\
   -C, --line-bytes=SIZE   put at most SIZE bytes of lines per output file\n\
   -l, --lines=NUMBER      put NUMBER lines per output file\n\
@@ -171,6 +177,27 @@
     }
 }
 
+/* runs command script of the -s parameter */
+static void 
+run_command (void) 
+{
+   int command_ret;
+   char *command_string;
+   char *command_ptr;
+	
+      if ((command != NULL) & (outfile != NULL)) {
+	 command_string=(char *)malloc(strlen(command)+strlen(outfile)+2);
+	 if (command_string==NULL) { fprintf(stderr, "could not allocate more memory\n"); exit(1); }
+	 command_ptr=strcpy(command_string, command);
+	 command_ptr=strcpy(command_string+strlen(command_string), " ");
+	 command_ptr=strcpy(command_string+strlen(command_string), outfile);
+	 fprintf(stderr, command_string);
+	 command_ret=system(command_string);
+	 if (command_ret) { fprintf(stderr, "command exited with status %i", command_ret); exit(1); }
+	 free(command_string);
+      }
+}
+
 /* Write BYTES bytes at BP to an output file.
    If NEW_FILE_FLAG is nonzero, open the next output file.
    Otherwise add to the same output file already in use.  */
@@ -178,10 +205,14 @@
 static void
 cwrite (int new_file_flag, const char *bp, int bytes)
 {
+  
   if (new_file_flag)
     {
       if (output_desc >= 0 && close (output_desc) < 0)
 	error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "%s", outfile);
+      
+      /* if a script exist to handle the splitted file, execute it */
+      run_command();
 
       next_file_name ();
       if (verbose)
@@ -387,19 +418,20 @@
   textdomain (PACKAGE);
 
   atexit (close_stdout);
-
+  
   /* Parse command line options.  */
 
   infile = "-";
   outbase = "x";
-
+  command=NULL;
+  
   while (1)
     {
       /* This is the argv-index of the option we will read next.  */
       int this_optind = optind ? optind : 1;
       long int tmp_long;
 
-      c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "0123456789C:a:b:l:", longopts, NULL);
+      c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "0123456789C:a:b:l:s:", longopts, NULL);
       if (c == -1)
 	break;
 
@@ -486,6 +518,10 @@
 	case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR;
 
 	case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME, AUTHORS);
+	
+	case 's':
+	   command=optarg;
+	   break;
 
 	default:
 	  usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -568,6 +604,9 @@
       abort ();
     }
 
+  /* run script after the last file, too. */
+  run_command();
+
   if (close (input_desc) < 0)
     error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "%s", infile);
   if (output_desc >= 0 && close (output_desc) < 0)