Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!husc6!seismo!mcvax!dfk From: dfk@mcvax.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,comp.protocols.misc,comp.sources.d Subject: Re: uuencode enhancements Message-ID: <266@sering.cwi.nl> Date: Thu, 28-May-87 05:25:56 EDT Article-I.D.: sering.266 Posted: Thu May 28 05:25:56 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 29-May-87 05:36:25 EDT References: <7702@orchid.UUCP> <1046@viper.Lynx.MN.ORG> <886@lll-lcc.aRpA> Reply-To: dfk@sering.UUCP (Daniel Karrenberg) Followup-To: comp.mail.uucp Distribution: comp Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 26 Keywords: btoa, EBCDIC Xref: utgpu comp.mail.uucp:503 comp.protocols.misc:16 comp.sources.d:690 Summary: btoa has no problems with EBCDIC In article <886@lll-lcc.aRpA> langdon@lll-lcc.aRpA (Bruce Langdon) writes: ^^^^ asking for trouble, eh? > ... >btoa makes a more compact encoding than uuencode. Does it have trouble >with weird (IBM etc) sites? > ... I have sent some KB via BITNET using tar cf - tosend | compress | btoa | mail user@host.bitnet So far it has worked fine crossing VM, MVS and VMS sites on the way. The newer versions of compress also have a shellscript called tarmail that makes this easier by splitting the result up for you. Daniel Karrenberg Future Net: CWI, Amsterdam Oldie Net: mcvax!dfk Because It's There Net: DFK@MCVAX -- Daniel Karrenberg Future Net: CWI, Amsterdam Oldie Net: mcvax!dfk Because It's There Net: DFK@MCVAX