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From: 2flntopaz@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: uuencode
Message-ID: <25976.270eeef9@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 7 Oct 90 14:01:45 GMT
References: <10121.AA10121@caleb>
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Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services
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In article <10121.AA10121@caleb>, jdp@caleb.UUCP (Jim Pritchett) writes:
> [ #include dumb joke here. ]
> 
> Hello,
>        I have a question about the uuencode that is provided with the
> various versions of the Amiga uucp software.  The help line prints:
> 
> Usage: uuencode [infile] remotefile
> 
> It doesn't seem to have an option to write the output to a file.  I've
> tried using redirection (>) and pipes, but it simply hangs when I do
> these things.  How do I get the output to a file?

The proper format is:

UUENCODE >OUTFILE INFILE OUTFILE

David Poland
2flntopaz@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu