[comp.protocols.appletalk] uuencode/decode

wieser@cs-sun-fsa.cpsc.ucalgary.ca (Bernhard Wieser) (02/01/91)

Hi Netters.

Someone recently pointed out that the UUTool 1.2 does not generate
uuencoded output the same as their system.  The difference was
in spaces in place of '.  This should not make a difference, since
they both map to zero.

However, the space in uuencode on some unix system is not happy.
If I remember correctly, BSD uu did this mapping to satisfy mailers
which reformat white space.  It seems the uu with SunOS (not too
sure if this statement is 100% correct) doesn't do this.

Comments?

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