IO92203@MAINE.BITNET (Scott Maxell) (04/08/91)
I wish to write a better looking UUencode/decode program and need some information on what the specifications of this format is. What translation takes place? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Once it is completed, I will post so that anyone who wants the new en/decoder can have it. Thanks in advance... //////////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ +---------+ Scott Maxell -- Bitnet ->> IO92203 @ maine | | -- Internet ->> IO92203 @ maine.maine.edu | O | | | | "What I need is a computer that will do what I want it to +---------+ do, not what I tell it to do..."
davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) (04/09/91)
In article <91097.190937IO92203@MAINE.BITNET> IO92203@MAINE.BITNET (Scott Maxell) writes: | | I wish to write a better looking UUencode/decode program and need | some information on what the specifications of this format is. What | translation takes place? Any information would be greatly appreciated. | Once it is completed, I will post so that anyone who wants the new | en/decoder can have it. Thanks in advance... uuencode is a six bit to eight bit table lookup. There is also xxencode (same thing but other characters for mapping), btoa (smaller output files), and abe (similar size, many bells and whistles). The code for uuencode is in a lot of places, post another note if you don't get burried in offers. -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me