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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: <1990Dec5.182740.2682@uwasa.fi>
Date: 5 Dec 90 18:27:40 GMT
References: <1717@syteke.be> <1990Dec4.131453.291@uwasa.fi> <1066@idcapd.idca.tds.philips.nl>
Organization: University of Vaasa
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In article <1066@idcapd.idca.tds.philips.nl> robl@idca.tds.PHILIPS.nl (R. Luursema) writes:
>In article <1990Dec4.131453.291@uwasa.fi> ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) writes:
... part deleted ...
>> Q: How do I extract from comp.binaries.ibm.pc binary postings?
... the instructions deleted since they are in another posting ...
>
>1) this works ONLY on c.b.i.p, not other (un-)moderated groups.

Quite true, but it is c.b.i.p that is essential in here.

>2) you have to save the parts in th ecorrect sequence (they seldom arrive 
>	here in sequence)

Also true, but this is easy to work out since the sequence is shown
in the headers.  Just use the rn s option in the order show by the
headers. 

>3) all parts have to be present at the same time (this is not always the case)

Yes and no.  They need not be present in the news at the same time. 
But you naturally have to gather all parts in the auxiliary download
file. 

>4) there is no checking for correct size and sequences within uudecode,
>	or the script above.

True again, but you can easily attest the result by applying
  zoo -test whatever.zoo
immediately after running the combine script.

In summary, I agree with these problems, but each can be solved
fairly easily and logically.

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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