Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:40:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Slaven Rezic <slaven.rezic@berlin.de> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/44339: uudecode example does not work Message-ID: <200210212240.g9LMe3nh042534@freefall.freebsd.org>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
The following reply was made to PR bin/44339; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Slaven Rezic <slaven.rezic@berlin.de>
To: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-bugs-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: bin/44339: uudecode example does not work
Date: 21 Oct 2002 23:38:06 +0200
Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-bugs-local@be-well.no-ip.com> writes:
> Slaven Rezic <eserte@vran.herceg.de> writes:
>
> > >Description:
> > The last example from the uudecode documentation does not
> > work.
> >
> > >How-To-Repeat:
> >
> > The original example is:
> >
> > uudecode -o /dev/stdout < $MAIL | zcat | tar xfv -
> >
> > I tried and got:
> >
> > $ uudecode -o /dev/stdout < uue | zcat | tar txv -
> > uudecode: /dev/stdout: stdin: Invalid argument
> >
> > zcat: stdin: unexpected end of file
> > tar: Unknown option. Use 'tar --help' for a complete list of options.
> > Exit 1
> >
> > where uue is:
> >
> > begin 660 bla.tar.gz
> > M'XL(`&8GM#T``^W2/4_#,!`&X,S^%4=`:I$:ZO0K4@V9&,N&Q,*2-">PVL:1
> > M[2BM$/\=-Y01!J2JR_LL/M_9ULGVQ&_NFFUT5JF4BX6DB"C-YOT8_(S!3$Z(
> > MLOE\EDVSQ33$J<Q2&9$\;UO?6N<+2Q2Q8^OY]W7=._.9[^D2KJ_&K;/C4M?C
> > MANV6DDZTCLEYJ]=>]?'S1HG=@6ZZE!["9+E\*G3]HNO*=$E><W>J3OZL3D,U
> > MK$GRE7:^-'LE0B[)=7V\]J$<4>S9^?CVE&^*]>84AM:JX>#^T;3EEI,T'XS(
> > MM25]B./7Z8^LPDYK#JK/5)HI9FN-I1T[5[SQ:QTK\1E._NEN94RC!.^U)ZG$
> > @I5\```````````````````````#@?[X`(0R4BP`H````
> > `
> >
>
> Your input file is bogus (it has no end flag, for one thing), and you
> are passing an invalid set of flags to tar(1) as well (I suspect you
> wanted tfv, not txv). Could you try coming up with a syntactically
> correct example that demonstrates the problem you are actually
> trying to report?
>
Sigh. Here again, actually tested and no cut'n'paste involved now:
uue:
######################################################################
begin 660 bla.tar.gz
M'XL(`&8GM#T``^W2/4_#,!`&X,S^%4=`:I$:ZO0K4@V9&,N&Q,*2-">PVL:1
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@I5\```````````````````````#@?[X`(0R4BP`H````
`
end
######################################################################
the shell script:
######################################################################
#!/bin/sh
uudecode -o /dev/stdout < uue | zcat | tar xfv -
######################################################################
Regards,
Slaven
--
Slaven Rezic - slaven.rezic@berlin.de
tkrevdiff - graphical display of diffs between revisions (RCS or CVS)
http://ptktools.sourceforge.net/#tkrevdiff
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?200210212240.g9LMe3nh042534>