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From: wxh@a.lanl.gov (Billy Harvey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: FTP
Keywords: uudecode vs.uue
Message-ID: <837@a.lanl.gov>
Date: 26 Feb 89 06:18:39 GMT
References: <969@blake.acs.washington.edu>
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Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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In article <969@blake.acs.washington.edu>, a360ad@blake.acs.washington.edu (Gnurr) writes:
> 
> A few days ago, I left a message on the net seeking help
> in uudecoding SPLIT binaries.

UUENCODE and UUDECODE are programs written originally for Unix systems.
UUD and UUE are enhanced versions of the above, available to run on the ST
or on Unix (BTW, does anyone have the Unix versions available?).  UUENCODE
and UUDECODE are very basic, and allow only one file at a time, without the
ability to chain from one file to another, which UUD and UUE can do, via
the 'include' statement.  UUD/UUE also have some very elementary error
checking.  The reason a file is split is because some mail systems have a
64K limit per posting.  To decode split files using UUDECODE you have to
edit each piece, removing any header information in all but the first file
in the series.  When done, the first file will have a 'begin', and the last
file will have an 'end'. CAT all these files together.  UUDECODE the result.
Send me some mail if you have any more trouble.
--Billy Harvey          wxh@a.lanl.gov