Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 16:04:49 -0500 From: parv <parv_fm@emailgroups.net> To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>, pirat@access.inet.co.th, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: uuencode takes very long time Message-ID: <20030316210449.GC34213@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <20030316204103.GB5607@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <20030316113452.GA309@thai-aec.org> <200303161153.h2GBrk620041@lakes.dignus.com> <20030316203223.GA34213@moo.holy.cow> <20030316204103.GB5607@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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in message <20030316204103.GB5607@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>, wrote Stijn Hoop thusly... > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 03:32:23PM -0500, parv wrote: > > in message <200303161153.h2GBrk620041@lakes.dignus.com>, wrote > > Thomas David Rivers thusly... > > > > > > pirat <pirat@access.inet.co.th> wrote: > > > > > > > > uuencode my-pr.tar.gz > my-pr.uue > > ... > > > you see, when you had "uuencode my-pr.tar.gz", you were not > > > trying to uuencode the file "my-pr.tar.gz" - that parameter > > > provides the name to use when uudecoding ... > > Are you mad, man? It is certainly possible that in the 2d case, > > encoded file & the original would be corrupted/incomplete > > Reread the man page. Yes, i need to; carefully this time. > The first argument in the 2nd case is the name of the file that > a subsequent uu_de_code will produce. The output of uuencode is > written to stdout by default so no file gets overwritten. Also, in message <200303162037.h2GKbUn20714@lakes.dignus.com>, wrote Thomas David Rivers thusly... > > I think you're mis-understanding... I did. > When two options are presented to uuencode, the first one names > the input file to read. > > The second provides the name of the resulting file when it is > decoded (presumably at some future time, on a different machine.) Oh crap! I see error of my ways! I apologize, Thomas, for calling you a mad in this particular thread. After all, there is no need for a PR or for the OP to install the uudeview port (unless one wants to do away w/ the "name" parameter while encoding). - parv -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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