Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caen!uwm.edu!src.honeywell.com!msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!sialis!orbit!incstar!lhotka From: lhotka@incstar.uucp Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: UUencode Message-ID: <2591.27b8155e@incstar.uucp> Date: 12 Feb 91 16:18:38 GMT References: <20059@shlump.nac.dec.com> <39144@cup.portal.com> Organization: INCSTAR Corp, Stillwater MN Lines: 30 In article <39144@cup.portal.com>, Marcus@cup.portal.com (Mark W Shnayer) writes: > Thanx for all the quick responses to my UUENCODE question. My docs were > for the UNIX version, so those left/right arrows weren't documented and > I was left very confused. > > The right syntax is... > > to uuencode game.lzh: > > uuencode game.lzh game.lzh.UU > > Worked perfectly > > Marcus@cup.portal.com This appears to be incorrect but works on my Amiga, a BSD machine and VAX/VMS: uuencode game.lzh game.lzh You end up with game.uue and the uudecode works fine afterwords. All this without redirection... What a deal huh?!?! I assume it can't be too much wrong when it works on three different machines, but then again... :-) ______________________________________________________________________ / Rockford Lhotka INCSTAR Corp \ | Applications Project Leader 1990 Industrial Blvd | | incstar!lhotka@uunet.uu.net PO Box 285 | \ 612/779-1701 Stillwater, MN 55082 / -------------Amiga - The computer for the creative mind.--------------