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From: REEVES@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (Terry Reeves)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: uudecoding multi-part files?
Message-ID: <91120.232749REEVES@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 1 May 91 07:27:49 GMT
References: <56360001@hpcvia.CV.HP.COM>
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In article <56360001@hpcvia.CV.HP.COM>, alten@hpcvia.CV.HP.COM (John_Altendorf)
says:
>
>Can anyone please explain the requirements for file names in order to
>uudecode a multi-part file?  I seem to recall something like the file
>names must be sequentially named file.uaa, file.uab file.uac etc.  Also
>it seemed that the ----end---- line of the file had to have some notation
>in it.  Please clarify my misunderstandings.
>

The files do not need to sequentially named, at least not with the DUMAS UUX
utilities that I use. If you look at the files, there is a line at the bottom
pointing to the next file. However, the sequential naming is still useful. You
won't be as easily confused as to what the file is.

                                                       Terry

Disclaimer: The above opinions are my own, and are not related to the policies
of SLAC, Stanford University, the DOE, or the U.S. government.