[comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d] Concerning muli-part-transmissions / file-splitting

kirchner@uklirb.UUCP (Reinhard Kirchner) (05/18/88)

Recently there has been a discussion about shar/unsharing of multi-
part-arcs for transmission over the net.

In the ATARI-ST-world there is a very nice tool, the so called
DUMAS-uuencode/uudecode, which does
-splitting long files into parts,
-adding sequencing-information, namely include statements, into each
 part,
-adding line-sequencing information to catch missing lines.

The uudecode then appends the parts automatically, checks line sequence
and prints appr. error messages.

The whole thing is very easy to handle and should be available on the PC
too. ( I use an ATARI as terminal, so I have binaries of it )

Somebody should find out the address of Mr. DUMAS in the atari-newsgroups,
try to get the source of the package, bring it to the PC and post the
program to all of us.

R. Kirchner

wcf@psuhcx.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) (05/22/88)

In article <2243@uklirb.UUCP> kirchner@uklirb.UUCP (Reinhard Kirchner) writes:
|Recently there has been a discussion about shar/unsharing of multi-
|part-arcs for transmission over the net.
|
|In the ATARI-ST-world there is a very nice tool, the so called
|DUMAS-uuencode/uudecode, which does
|-splitting long files into parts,
|-adding sequencing-information, namely include statements, into each
| part,
|-adding line-sequencing information to catch missing lines.
|
|The uudecode then appends the parts automatically, checks line sequence
|and prints appr. error messages.
|
|The whole thing is very easy to handle and should be available on the PC
|too. ( I use an ATARI as terminal, so I have binaries of it )
|

There is a uuencode/decode set for the PC that does all of the above.  Maybe
not in the same way, but it does all of it.  It was written by a gentleman
whose name I shall not mention for fear of giving credit to the wrong person
for this wonderful program.

  Bill
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