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From: shwake@raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: how to send multiple files trough mail
Message-ID: <221@raysnec.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jan 91 17:04:35 GMT
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Organization: IRS/CI - Technical Solutions Branch
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jonas@lkbpyr.UUCP (Jonas Heyman) writes:

>I'm interested in getting info (and source code) on how to manipulate
>different files and to send them trough mail.
>What tools are available out there.
>There seems to be a minimum size for a file to be sent trough mail.
>Is there an automatic way to split them and uuencode/uudecode them.

	Well, the public domain implementations would consist of a
"bundler" (like tar or 'shar', the shell archiver) plus a tool to turn the
contents into ascii (like btoa or uuencode). Don't know if anyone has
integrated these into a single tool.

	Another approach might be to use the ASD (Automated Software
Distribution) tools available by license from the AT&T System Toolchest.
ASD consists of five tools: mkpkg and inspkg (make and install package),
seal and unseal (to convert to and from ascii, plus add integrity checks)
and asdrcv (an auto-install mechanism). I licensed this a few years back
for the IRS (about $275).

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