ACS19@UHUPVM1.BITNET (Mike Vederman) (10/07/86)
After many, many problems with BITNET, IBM machines and uudecode, I have found the true answer to having all of my files uudecode. Every single file which has bombed in the past, now decodes perfectly. The normal sequence that I do is to send the file over from the IBM machine (actually we have an AS/9000N) to the AT&T 3B20 and uudecode on the 3B20. Previously, the only two files which worked were UNITERM and uEmacs. Now, however, I have found the solution, but I am uncertain as to the exact cause. Here is what I do. First, while in Xedit, I set the logical record length to 61, then I set the record format to fixed. The following commands do this: set lrecl 61 set recfm f now, when I send the file to the 3B20, I enter the command: sf file uue to acs19 at uhnix1 to receive on the 3B20, I enter the command: receive $job/pnch6 >file.uue (since the 3B20 is hooked up as a punch machine (yuck). What you do may be different, but I know setting the logical record length and the record format have made all of my files work.) When I get to the 3B20, I do have to fix the file a little bit. I go to the last line and delete the blanks to end of line, after 'end'. Then I go up one line and make sure that there is only 1 (one) blank on the second to the last line. Then I save the file and uudecode it. All the files I have tried thus far have worked, and most of these have always bombed. Mike