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From: bhv@igloo.Scum.COM (Bronis Vidugiris)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Help requested for file conversions
Message-ID: <1508@igloo.Scum.COM>
Date: 1 Jun 89 12:18:49 GMT
References: <422@tron.UUCP>
Reply-To: bhv@igloo.UUCP (Bronis Vidugiris)
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In article <422@tron.UUCP> kerr@tron (Dave Kerr) writes:
)I have the following problem and was hoping someone here would have already
)solved it. I have files created on an apollo by the Mentor Graphics CAD
)software packages. These files represent schematics and other misc.
)documentation. Many of the files are of type rec, or hdru. I would like to
)find a way to convert these into a form that is suitable for E-mailing to
)another site. I have tried the cvt_rec_uasc command but found that
)converting a file, then "un-converting" it yields a file that differs from
)the original. So my question is:
)
)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?

The new version of  wbak (starting at 9.7, I believe) can archive
an entire directory tree (including, of course, the mentor format picture
files) into a file.  [The old version of rbak/wbak would back up only onto
a tape].  This file can then be sent wherever desired in the network, and
restored using rbak.

We send information this way [including schematics] frequently.
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bhv@igloo