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From: dichter@chdasic.sps.mot.com (Carl Dichter)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: re: uudecode: Short file?
Message-ID: <26280@adm.brl.mil>
Date: 14 Mar 91 23:18:00 GMT
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Did anybody cover the obivious?

I have seen this message becuase the file containing the uuencoded
file was the same name as the file which uudecode is trying to create.

For example, if this stuff:
  begin 644 LISTING
  M("`@,2`N9'4M.3`M,#DM,3(*("`@,2`N9'4M.3`M,#DM,C@*("`@,2`N9'4M
  M.3`M,3$M,3<*("`@,"!,25-424Y'"B`@(#0@4TE'4$Q!3B],1E`Y,"YC9G`*
  M("`@,B!324=03$%.+TUI9%=E<W0N9C@Y"B`@,3(@4TE'4$Q!3B]/3U!33$$X
  M.2YC86QL"B`@,38@4TE'4$Q!3B]03U!,.3`N86YN;W5N8V5M96YT"B`@(#0@
  [deleted]
  end
Was in a file called LISTING, you would get this error, and the
original file would be permanantly corrupted.

I'm sure you can guess how I found this out!

Regards,

Carl R. Dichter 
Staff Software Engineer/Scientist
Motorola ASIC Division