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From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Why are postings NOT in shar form
Message-ID: <1990Dec4.131453.291@uwasa.fi>
Date: 4 Dec 90 13:14:53 GMT
References: <1717@syteke.be>
Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <1717@syteke.be> jim@syteke.be (Jim Sanchez) writes:
>I may have missed something a long while back but it seems odd that
>all the binary postings in this group seem to require editing to
>remove the headers/etc.  Given that most (I assume) are reading

Yes, in fact you have missed the trick to handle the postings
without the need of any editing.  For more information see the
extract from /pc/ts/tsfaq14.arc below. 

>and posting news from *NIX type machines, why don't the uuencoded
>files get wrapped up so a simple sh <file> will expose them.

Not needed.

5. *****
 Q: How do I extract from comp.binaries.ibm.pc binary postings?

 A1: 1) One handy trick to download multi-part postings from the
binaries to your Unix host is the following.  Use rn (read news) to
store the posting in ~/News/Comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d.  (It must be
empty when you commence).  Then apply automatic combining and
uudecoding:
   combine Comp.binaries.ibm.pc
You will end up with the .zoo package on your Unix host.
 2) If you don't already have the combine program, you can create it
yourself:
   #! /bin/sh
   cat $* | sed '/^END/,/^BEGIN/d' | uudecode
Make the script executable by applying
   chmod u+x combine
 3) After you have the (.zoo) package on your Unix host, the rest is
what should be familiar routine. Transfer the package to your PC
remembering to use the binary option in the transfer (this goes at
least for Kermit and Z-Modem). Then extract the files from the
package by using ZOO or LOOZ for PCs. If you are not familiar with
these steps, and have problems, contact a knowledgeable PC friend
near you. (My PD2ANS.TXT instructions file has some more
information.)

 A2: Alternatively, stand by until the periodic posting of the
UseNet CBIP Starter's Kit in comp.binaries.ibm.pc. The kit (release
1.5) contains:
   Instructions
   BASIC source to create UUDECODE.COM
   DEBUG script to create UUDECODE.COM
   C source for UUDECODE
   LOOZ 2.12, ZOO extractor, in uuencoded form

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Prof. Timo Salmi        (Moderating at anon. ftp site 128.214.12.3)
School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland
Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun