jmg@cernvax.UUCP (jmg) (01/21/87)
After getting the "dash" program recently posted, my attempts at uudecode always give me "short file". Anyone else had this problem? I did have the same problem with one of the postings of krabat and pictures, where occasionally an @ was changed to a j (lower case). This is not the same: it certainly does not have any lower case letters. If someone got it to work, then perhaps they could indicate how many lines/characters the encoded file should have. Re problems with some arced files, I note that stuff from Braner (all very good) seems to require arc512, which I have on the IBM PC, but not on my ST. Anyone got a combined ST arc/arc512?
ses@oliveb.UUCP (Dean Brunette) (01/23/87)
In article <427@cernvax.UUCP>, jmg@cernvax.UUCP (jmg) writes: > After getting the "dash" program recently posted, my attempts at uudecode > always give me "short file". Anyone else had this problem? Yes. > Re problems with some arced files, I note that stuff from Braner (all > very good) seems to require arc512, which I have on the IBM PC, but not > on my ST. Anyone got a combined ST arc/arc512? The ARC utility which I have on my ST seems to be 5.12-compatible, as I ARC/deARC files for both my ST and MS-DOS computers interchangeably on either machine. I guess there really ARE different versions for the ST floating around... =============================================================================== Dean Brunette, S.E.S. DISCLAIMER: I'm in it for myself... Olivetti Advanced Technology Center ____ ____ __|__ ____ Cupertino, CA 95014 | | ____| | | (408) 996-3867 |____||____| |__ |____ {anywhere}!ucbvax,hplabs,decvax,amdahl,sun!oliveb!olivej!ses ===============================================================================
Patrick@ark.cs.vu.nl (Patrick van Kleef) (01/23/87)
>anyone combined ST arc/ arc512 on the PC?
Yes, I do it all the time (I run a bbs on a PC and use an ST for my personal
joy. Both ARC's are fully compatible/interchangeable. Not a single
difference found. So your problem has to be somewhere else....turner@imagen.UUCP (01/23/87)
in article <421@oliveb.UUCP>, ses@oliveb.UUCP (Dean Brunette) says: > > In article <427@cernvax.UUCP>, jmg@cernvax.UUCP (jmg) writes: >> After getting the "dash" program recently posted, my attempts at uudecode >> always give me "short file". Anyone else had this problem? one very common cause of "short file" is the line just before "end", it should be a space followed a carriage return. some smart mailers or others delete the leading space leaving a null line. if you put the space back the file should uudecode correctly. -- --------------- C'est la vie, C'est le guerre, C'est la pomme de terre Mail: Imagen Corp. 2650 San Tomas Expressway Santa Clara, CA 95052-8101 UUCP: ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!imagen!turner AT&T: (408) 986-9400