[comp.sys.atari.st] UUDECODE stuff

moore@NCSC.ARPA (Moore) (01/02/87)

If you occasionally get 'Short file' messages when you try to UUDECODE a file
that came over the net, try renaming the file to something obscure *before*
you try the UUDECODE again.  The problem may be that the original (mail) file
and the ARChived file that UUDECODE will produce have the same name; on our
UNIX (4.2bsd) system, if I try to decode window.arc, and the first line is
begin .... window.arc, of course the system reads a couple of lines of the
source, then opens window.arc for output (wiping the original, and not giving
any feedback, other than 'Short file').  

Hope this isn't old news.


Jim
Moore@NCSC.arpa