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From: bruceh@.mentor.com (Bruce Holm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: UUDECODE help
Keywords: uudecode
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Date: 5 Dec 90 18:28:02 GMT
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I recently downloaded "Uudecode" for the mac and tried to convert some
.gif files I had obtained from Usenet.  These files on usenet have been
encoded by uuencode on probably a Sun, HP, or other Unix platform.  This
encoding allows the transfer of the .gif as an ascii file.  I transfer
this file to my mac, then ran the Mac version of "Uudecode" on it.  It
doesn't complain at all but when I try to view the resulting .gif file
using GIFConverter or Giffer, they both say the file is not a valid gif
file.  I thought they were the problem but when I found that both
complain with the same message, I then suspected the gif file.  

I then downloaded a .gif file directly from AOL and tried viewing it 
with GIFConverter and Giffer and both could view it.  So I now know the
viewers are ok.  I have tried several uuencoded files and all result the
same way.

Any ideas on what I am doing wrong?  Is the Mac version of UUDECODE
broken?  Have others gotten it to work??

--Bruce


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