Re: [5.3-BETA6] uuencode

On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 08:08:52PM +0300, Andrey Slusar wrote:
> 
> Fri, 1 Oct 2004 09:34:27 -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> 
> > > ,----
> > > | FreeBSD santinel.home.ua 5.3-BETA6 FreeBSD 5.3-BETA6 #0: Tue Sep 28 12:20:39 EEST 2004     anray_at_santinel.home.ua:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/ANRAY  i386
> > > `----
> > > ,----
> > > | anray_at_santinel:~$ uuencode bash-completion-20040711.tar.gz 
> > > | begin 644 bash-completion-20040711.tar.gz
> > > | 
> > > `----
> > > uuencode is not worked under FreeBSD 5.3-BETA6
> 
> > Yes it does, this just isn't how you use it ;)
> 
>   uuenview is worked:
> ,----
> | anray_at_santinel:~$ uuenview -u bash-completion-20040711.tar.gz 
> | begin 644 bash-completion-20040711.tar.gz
> | M'XL(`#6*\4`"`^P]:7<:29+^*GY%+%(_0.WD1K)EJUMM^1CMV&T]NV=Z9B59
> | MKZA*($U15:X#)!OM;]^(/(KBD(1\8&\/N$56Y1D95T9$)MEM*^J=V_X_at_<'DL
> | M?*]R[QM\JM5F=7>WA6FUNKO3G$KUYUX-LYJ-:JO:VKE7K37QOWO0NK>"3Q+%
> | M5_at_AP3UC>P+*=:^O=5O[_]-.>H;_M>W$HVI7O0?]Z8Z?1J.XB_5O-5FM-_^])
> | M_TC$W/:#RZ]"?R3N3K-Y'?UKC0;*_.[N;K-5;;1JR">UW7JK=_at_^J:_I_\\\F
> | M&$H7:R68,$)N$PXQ,Q3=7_at_SU:K4!S[AK^_"2#X)(>'UXS.G=U:\'W<%%V>/Q
> | M+]CNI;"Y%_$]>/'[/^#%\4L8UL$/P;5B'N8VL<+6D;.7#GM_"+5R70Y1J=4K
> | MC1I4'^S5ZWN-7=`HAV<7`6SE<N<II*7<I]R&Z]N6"W82YG(;AZ]?';]Y=OSR
> | MW_M8MH%Y^UN?*._\S]=OGKX]D8^']'QVA;5M*^*0W\)J>1!>;_at_/PP]AV23UE
> | M.X.MHL1)EWO`_L0V10,#L!Z,H1OR`!B'`F.GHP)F6*,^%#Y%21N*E?WB\Z.7
> | MS\;'O_WQMU+E/N3S]V&K7GH$02B\&!^O"J4\C_at_L$")0`A]]X]$A#\V7`S,&2
> | MOY_7`-0F`-1N`(#&WQ`=.`$6PO]6RF:DT(:S1Q#W.*)-5KP1/_at_D1-869/_at_QP
> | M-Z"B(S0X/+)L)%K(XR3TH)J[RFDNY<">P_D$!SXXO&,E;ISR5N[>^O.9^E]$
> | [...]
> `----
>   uuencode:
> ,----
> | anray_at_santinel:~$ uuencode bash-completion-20040711.tar.gz 
> | begin 644 bash-completion-20040711.tar.gz
> | 
> `----
>  ?

That's because you aren't using uuencode correctly.  You need to do:

uuencode bash-completion-20040711.tar.gz < bash-completion-20040711.tar.gz

Then it will work.  The problem in this case is squarely between the
chair and the screen.

-- Brooks

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