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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 23:26:33 -0800
From: Eric Hodel <hodeleri@seattleu.edu>
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Subject: Re: How to uudecode an attached file.
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jahanur wrote:
> 
> I think I am understanading what am I supposed to do.
> I will give you all the steps from Pine. Please let me know If I am doing
> any mistake.
> 
> 1) I saved the file from Pine to my working directory  with a file name
> "attached".
> 
> 2)I went to my  working directory and typed the command "$uudecode
> attached"
> 
> 3)I get back to the prompt without any error message. But when I "ls"
> I see a new file called "99 9:27:25 AM".
> 
> 4) I try to view it and all see is another type binary code I believe.
> Here is what I see after I uudecode a file.
> 
> PK^C^D^T^@^@^@^H^@^]e\x87%\xb8\xdc\xfex\x94L^@^@^@L^A^@
> ^@^@^@prfl98.doc\xec}   |^V\xc5\xf9\xff&!!/\xb0\x80\x80'\xa8\xa3
> ^RIB^R^N\x83^G\
> xf5\xcd^A^Dr\x997\x81jku\x93w\x93w\xe5\xcd\xbb\xf1=^BQ\xeb\x89G\xbd\xc5^^\xde\xe
> 2}\xf5_\xe9\xbf\xb5V\xad\xb7\xa2x\xa2\x95j\xa5\x8a7\xd6\xb3*ri\xe5\xf7}\x9e\x99\
> xddw7^G" \xea\xe7\xd3\xb5\xdfgv\x9e\x9d\x9d\x9d\x99\x
> 
> Something like this full of it.
> 
> Please Help
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Jahanur
> 
<snip>

1)  Is the second file different from the first?  i.e. size change, diff, etc.

If true, then uudecode did run.

2)  Is it a plain text file, or a Word Document or some such that will have a 
bunch of formatting at the front?

If it is a plain text file, then it may have been mangled during its passage
through the internet.  Ask the user to resend.

Otherwise, find a proper viewer.
-- 
Eric Hodel
hodeleri@seattleu.edu

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