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Article #831Re: how do I convert files which are in the "begin - ascii text - end" form
From: Ed Nather
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1986 20:31
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1986 20:31
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In article <239@cblpe.UUCP>, jrm@cblpe.UUCP (John Miller) writes:
> Sorry to be so ignorant, but people are putting ".com" and ".exe"
> files into a special format for the purpose of transmisson. The form is:
>
>
>
> begin 644 doggie.com
> M_+P``:$"`(S+*\/VQ/!T!;C__^L$L033X*/Y(RT4*G(%/0`!<RRZ6"/IN@#[
> .
> .
> .
> end
>
> How do I make this an executable file again?
The file has been encoded with "uuencode" so it can pass through systems
that only transmit 7 bit codes. To recover the original files so encoded,
feed the file (with any message headers & trailers removed) to the
program "uudecode."
Copies of both "uuencode" and "uudecode" are available in net.sources which
run on Vaxen with Unix, MS-DOS machines, and maybe others.
--
Ed Nather
Astronomy Dept, U of Texas @ Austin
{allegra,ihnp4}!{noao,ut-sally}!utastro!nather
nather@astro.AS.UTEXAS.EDU
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!caip!topaz!rutgers!husc6!ut-sally!nather From: nather@ut-sally.UUCP (Ed Nather) Newsgroups: net.sources.bugs Subject: Re: how do I convert files which are in the "begin - ascii text - end" form Message-ID: <6043@ut-sally.UUCP> Date: Sat, 18-Oct-86 16:31:06 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-sally.6043 Posted: Sat Oct 18 16:31:06 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Oct-86 20:52:27 EDT References: <239@cblpe.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas Lines: 28