On 12 Mar 98 at 16:48, Sharif Dayan wrote:
> Usually, I download smaller files -hundreds MBs- and use UUdecode directly,
> without problem. But this time I do not know exactly what will I use first :
> UUdecoder or Winzip.
>
> FYI :
> -my OS is MS-DOS 6.22/MS-Win 3.11
> -WinZIP 6.1
> -UUdecoder ( I do not know what version is)
>
> Please help me what to do and the step-by-step instruction.
WinZip is capable of recognizing and decoding uuencoded files. You
probably do not need uudecoder for this job.
Uuencoding is to ensure safe transit, which cannot always be
assumed for a binary compressed file. So you will need to uudecode
the file before you can uncompress it.
David G
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