Marcus@cup.portal.com (Mark W Shnayer) (02/11/91)
A simple question, hopefully there is a simple answer. I am tryingto uuencode a file and cant seem to get the syntax right. For example, to uuencode a file called 'game'. UUENCODE game game.u or UUENCODE game >game.u both result in the uuencoded file showing in the CLI I am using to do the job but no file actually gets created. Assuming the file 'game' is in ram: and I want to uuencode to ram: whats the right way to do this? Marcus@cup.portal.com
dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave P. Schaumann) (02/11/91)
In article <39115@cup.portal.com> Marcus@cup.portal.com (Mark W Shnayer) writes: >I am tryingto uuencode a file and cant seem to get the syntax right. >[...] >UUENCODE game game.u >or >UUENCODE game >game.u For some unknown reason (at least to me :), both the CLI and the Shell require that file redirection be the first arguments on the line after the program name. Try "UUENCODE >game.u game". >Marcus@cup.portal.com -- Dave Schaumann | DANGER: Access holes may tear easily. Use of the access | holes for lifting or carrying may result in damage to the dave@cs.arizona.edu | carton and subsequent injury to the user.
greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) (02/11/91)
In article <833@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave P. Schaumann) writes: >In article <39115@cup.portal.com> Marcus@cup.portal.com (Mark W Shnayer) writes: >>I am tryingto uuencode a file and cant seem to get the syntax right. >>[...] >>UUENCODE game game.u >>or >>UUENCODE game >game.u > >For some unknown reason (at least to me :), both the CLI and the Shell require >that file redirection be the first arguments on the line after the program >name. Try "UUENCODE >game.u game". I just tried the Amiga version of UUencode on my system and here is how I did it. RAM DISK:> uuencode <s:shell-startup >shell-startup.uue shell-startup This produced the file 'shell-startup.uue' which I then putfiles-ed (using DNet -- Thanks Matt!) to the SPARC I'm using. The file properly uudecoded without a hitch. The protection bits apparently default to octal 644. BTW, Unix uuencode works a bit differently. To uuencode the same file, I would type: pooh.cc.utexas.edu% uuencode shell-startup shell-startup >shell-startup.uue In this case, the protection bits are inherited from the file. Hope this helps! Greg -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I don't know what it is I like about you, but I like it a lot." -- Led Zeppelin, Communication Breakdown -------Greg-Harp-------greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu-------s609@cs.utexas.edu-------
guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com (W. John Guineau) (02/11/91)
In article <39115@cup.portal.com>, Marcus@cup.portal.com (Mark W Shnayer) writes... >A simple question, hopefully there is a simple answer. >I am tryingto uuencode a file and cant seem to get the syntax right. >For example, to uuencode a file called 'game'. > >UUENCODE game game.u >or >UUENCODE game >game.u > uuencode name-in-uuencoded-file <real-file >uuencoded-file ex: to uuencode game.lzh: uuencode game.lzh <game.lzh >game.lzh.UU the first parameter is what uuencode sticks in the uuencoded file as the name to uudecode it as. This can be anything, but should reflect what the file is :-) uuencode then reads stdin, uuencodes, and writes to stdout. >Marcus@cup.portal.com -- W. John Guineau grep meaning life | more Digital Equipment Corporation guineau@wjg.enet.dec.com or wjg@wpi.wpi.edu
jms@vanth.UUCP (Jim Shaffer) (02/12/91)
In article <39115@cup.portal.com> Marcus@cup.portal.com (Mark W Shnayer) writes: >A simple question, hopefully there is a simple answer. >I am tryingto uuencode a file and cant seem to get the syntax right. >For example, to uuencode a file called 'game'. > >UUENCODE game >game.u Try UUENCODE >game.u game (Yes, I HATE IT TOO! Why can't AmigaDOS let you put the redirection LAST like on Unix?) -- ~ From the disk of: | jms@vanth.uucp | "Glittering prizes and Jim Shaffer, Jr. | amix.commodore.com!vanth!jms | endless compromises 37 Brook Street | 72750.2335@compuserve.com | shatter the illusion of Montgomery, PA 17752 | (CompuServe as a last resort)| integrity!" (Rush)
Marcus@cup.portal.com (Mark W Shnayer) (02/12/91)
Thanx for all the quick responses to my UUENCODE question. My docs were
for the UNIX version, so those left/right arrows weren't documented and
I was left very confused.
The right syntax is...
to uuencode game.lzh:
uuencode game.lzh <game.lzh >game.lzh.UU
Worked perfectly
Marcus@cup.portal.comug@linkoping.telesoft.se (Ulf G|ransson) (02/12/91)
In article <39115@cup.portal.com> Marcus@cup.portal.com (Mark W Shnayer) writes: ... >UUENCODE game game.u >or >UUENCODE game >game.u > >both result in the uuencoded file showing in the CLI I am using to do the >job but no file actually gets created. > >Assuming the file 'game' is in ram: and I want to uuencode to ram: >whats the right way to do this? >Marcus@cup.portal.com The syntax for uuencode is uuencode [ source-file ] file-label and the output goes to stdout. If source-file is left out, stdin is read. This, and the fact that the CLI wants all redirections before the options give the following command lines: uuencode >ram:game.u ram:game game or perhaps uuencode <ram:game >ram:game.u game The file-label is used to tell uudecode what the file name of the new file should be. -- Ulf Goransson, Telesoft Europe AB (ug@linkoping.telesoft.se) And now for something completely different.
lhotka@incstar.uucp (02/13/91)
In article <39144@cup.portal.com>, Marcus@cup.portal.com (Mark W Shnayer) writes: > Thanx for all the quick responses to my UUENCODE question. My docs were > for the UNIX version, so those left/right arrows weren't documented and > I was left very confused. > > The right syntax is... > > to uuencode game.lzh: > > uuencode game.lzh <game.lzh >game.lzh.UU > > Worked perfectly > > Marcus@cup.portal.com This appears to be incorrect but works on my Amiga, a BSD machine and VAX/VMS: uuencode game.lzh game.lzh You end up with game.uue and the uudecode works fine afterwords. All this without redirection... What a deal huh?!?! I assume it can't be too much wrong when it works on three different machines, but then again... :-) ______________________________________________________________________ / Rockford Lhotka INCSTAR Corp \ | Applications Project Leader 1990 Industrial Blvd | | incstar!lhotka@uunet.uu.net PO Box 285 | \ 612/779-1701 Stillwater, MN 55082 / -------------Amiga - The computer for the creative mind.--------------
Marcus@cup.portal.com (Mark W Shnayer) (02/14/91)
Thanx to all the people who replied both in e-mail and public. The response was overwhelming! Over 30 in my mailbox alone! I now know how to uuencode properly and have just come up with an idea finally to put my poor programming abilities into. A nice requestor driven utility so all I have to do is click on the file in the requestor and TA-DA!, it uuencodes the file appending the .UU suffix to the uuencoded file thus created. I have the source code to uuencode/uudecode so I have something to try to put together than just another 'yet yet another clock util'. Marcus@cup.portal.com