Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!bbn!ulowell!apollo!brian
From: brian@apollo.COM (Brian Holt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Help requested for file conversions
Message-ID: <4392ec25.18e92@apollo.COM>
Date: 1 Jun 89 17:41:00 GMT
References: <422@tron.UUCP>
Reply-To: brian@apollo.COM (Brian Holt)
Distribution: usa
Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, MA
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In article <422@tron.UUCP> kerr@tron (Dave Kerr) writes:
>How do I convert a typed file into a regular ascii file (which I can
>uuencode and mail) and then convert it back to a typed file after receipt on
>a remote system?

If you are running on sr10 or later, tar -A will save the 
Apollo specific type and record information in a standard
format tar archive (it actually puts two entries into the 
archive for each typed file).  You can than uuencode the
tar file and mail it, and at the other end uudecode it 
and untar it.  If you untar it on an Apollo, you will get the
typed file.  If you untar it on anything else you'll get
a regular file full of bytes of garbage.

		=brian
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