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From: wscott@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Wayne H Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Is ` allowed in uuencode'd files?
Message-ID: <1990Nov15.230246.196@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
Date: 15 Nov 90 23:02:46 GMT
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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I ran in to an odd problem today.

I sent a file to a group of people using mail.  To do this I
uuencoded the file and included it in the message.

A couple of the people reported that the file would not decode
correctly (short file) the rest of the people had no problems.

As it turns out, my uuencode create output with no spaces and
several "`" characters.  The other peoples uuencode used 
spaces with mine had `.


Output from my uuencode program:
   begin 666 dialup
   M,S`*14,@-#DT+34P,3(*140@-#DT+38Q,#8*144@-#DT+3<V.#,*144@-#DT
   [deleted]
   M-#DT+3DP,S4*4$0@-#DT+3DR.#(*4$,@-#DT+3<P-C0*04Y813(@-#DT+3DR
   #,3`*
   `
   end

Output from some other uuencode program:
   begin 666 dialup
   M,S *14,@-#DT+34P,3(*140@-#DT+38Q,#8*144@-#DT+3<V.#,*144@-#DT
   [deleted]
   M-#DT+3DP,S4*4$0@-#DT+3DR.#(*4$,@-#DT+3<P-C0*04Y813(@-#DT+3DR
   #,3 *
 
   end

My uudecode will correctly decode both files.  The other peoples uudecode
will only understand the second file.

Which is correct?  Or more standard?

Anybody have some insight?
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