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From: dudek@utai.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Binhex section delimiters
Message-ID: <3977@utai.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 26-Jun-87 14:24:18 EDT
Article-I.D.: utai.3977
Posted: Fri Jun 26 14:24:18 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 27-Jun-87 06:32:49 EDT
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Reply-To: dudek@ai.UUCP (Gregory Dudek)
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Summary: 

>Could we adopt a new standard of '::: end of part whatever :::' for
>delimiting sections of binhex.
>
>Now someone is going to say "why don't you just use the spiffy program
>posted a while back that puts binhex sections together."  Well I would,
>if it was based on the delimiting concept mentioned above.

   The combining program I posted a while back didn't require
special delimiters to work properly.  I'd be surprised if the "spiffy 
programs" subsequent to mine were any dumber.  Since you know what 
the line length of the binhex fragments are by the time you get to 
the end of the first part, you can spot the beginning to the next 
part very reliably. (There are other heuristics that can also be 
used .)

  Greg Dudek
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