murillo@sigi.Colorado.EDU (Rodrigo Murillo) (02/18/88)
In article <812@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> c60b-ap@buddy.Berkeley.EDU (Ron Mirasol) writes: >In article <335@tsc.DEC.COM> pete@tsc.DEC.COM (Pete Schmitt) writes: > >> This is an archive (PLANETS.ARC) that must be uudecoded prior >> to deARCing. >What archive format exactly is this? I have been unable to "deARC" >any binaries that I have downloaded from the net. I tried UNIX "ar" >but this apparently isn't the format. I'm sure others have had >similar problems, so if some kind soul out there could post an answer >it would be appreciated (as opposed to e-mail). No problem. 1) Save your net.binary as a text file, using the 's' option in news. 2) Using your favorite editor, delete the ---- cut here ---- line and everything above it. 3) go to the end and delete the signature. 4) assuming you saved the result in a file called reconfig.uue Issue: uudecode reconfig.uue This should create a file called reconfig.arc 5) Use a binary file transfer like Kermit in binary mode or Xmodem and download the file to your PC. As far as the last un-arc step goes, PKARC on the PC should do the job. (This was explained to me by some kind soul via e-mail.) -- ----------- Rodrigo Murillo, UC - Boulder (303)761-0410 ----------- murillo@boulder.Colorado.EDU -or- ..{hao|nbires}!boulder!murillo (Machines have less problems. I'd like to be a machine. -- Andy Worhol)
dean@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Dean Okamura) (02/18/88)
In article <4368@sigi.Colorado.EDU> murillo@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Rodrigo Murillo) writes: >1) Save your net.binary as a text file, using the 's' option in news. >2) Using your favorite editor, > delete the ---- cut here ---- line and everything above it. >3) go to the end and delete the signature. >4) assuming you saved the result in a file called reconfig.uue > Issue: uudecode reconfig.uue > > This should create a file called reconfig.arc > >5) Use a binary file transfer like Kermit in binary mode or > Xmodem and download the file to your PC. I am always looking for ways to save time. I have found that many UUENCODE files do not require any hand editing as listed in steps 2 and 3 above. UUDECODE is written to handle the extra lines in the news header. Editing is required when the file has a signature at the end of the file or the archive is spread across several files which have to be concatenated together. Since the easiest Kermit file transfer type is text on my machines, doing binary file transfers requires some extra commands that I often forget. The best solution I've found is to download the UUENCODE text file to a PC and then run UUDECODE and PKARC on the PC. Dean Okamura Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- M/S 301-260A, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA (818) 354-1490 Arpa: dean@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV -- Dean Okamura Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- M/S 301-260A, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA (818) 354-1490 Arpa: dean@devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV