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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Comment on using uuencode for postings
Keywords: uuencode, uudecode
Message-ID: <3673@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 11 Oct 89 19:18:39 GMT
References: <1661@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <1661@cod.NOSC.MIL> hall@cod.NOSC.MIL (Robert R. Hall) writes:
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>Gee I am disturbed by the thought that Tanenbaum is going to use
>uuencode to post the 1.4b version to avoid problems with Bitnet

Actually it isn't that bad, since I am going to build the posting on a
Sun-3, using Sun's uuencode.  Still, if there is a bug in the MINIX version
of uuencode, I am certainly interested in a fix.  Needless to say, any
new version must be compatible with the existing uuencode/uudecode in use
all over the place.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)