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- 32-bit uudecoder Shareware Version 1.00
- Copyright (C) Andy Kurnia. 1997. All rights reserved.
-
- Syntax: DECODER sourcefile targetdir
-
- To view this file, type:
-
- MORE <DECODER.TXT
-
- This Win32 application uudecodes files in sourcefile, putting them in targetdir
- and maintain the path names. It skips non-uuencoded lines (eg. mail headers) as
- fast as possible, yet extracts all uuencoded files contained in it. Most useful
- when used on a text file saved by your mailer after sorting your bitftp mailbox
- by subject (sorting the parts), but can be used on almost anything. If you type
- a targetdir that does not exist it will be created, any levels deep. Every path
- in the uuencoded header is preserved, so for example:
-
- In C:/Windows/Xy.txt: begin 644 /pub/simtelnet/msdos/c/c--final.zip
- Arguments to DECODER: C:/Windows/Xy.txt C:/ftp/Test/
-
- c--final.zip will be created in C:/ftp/Test/pub/simtelnet/msdos/c/ creating the
- whole path if necessary. In addition a logfile named DECODER.LOG in C:/ftp/Test
- is created (or appended). This is a file you can view with MS-DOS Editor. Mixed
- use of slashes and backslashes are allowed, both on the command line and on the
- line with the word begin. The trailing / on the directory name is optional, the
- leading / on the begin line is also optional. Numbers after begin is ignored.
-
- Note that Long File Names are preserved. This program has been tested and works
- with bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu, others may also be fine too but you have to:
-
- - Be able to 'defragment' the uuencoded files, ie. every uuencoded file
- is contained in one piece each. There may be headers, but it's better
- not to have them.
-
- - Be able to sort the parts. Uuencoded files often come in parts. It is
- necessary to have the parts in order (1, 2, 3, etc). No error message
- will appear if this was not done, but your file will not be uudecoded
- properly.
-
- - Be able to avoid everything (with the possibility of mail headers). I
- heard there is a bitftp server which sends mails ending with the word
- QUIT. I believe this will cause some problem.
-
- - Do what you can do, especially the above, then save the whole mailbox
- as a textfile.
-
- To get the full pathname in the begin line you should send the commands with no
- cd and put the pathname in the get command, eg:
-
- To: bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu
- Subject:
-
- open ftp.simtel.net
- binary
- get /pub/simtelnet/msdos/c/c--final.zip
- close
- quit
-
- DECODER can also uudecode single uuencoded files. Just specify the filename (of
- course with the extension) and a target directory. Then delete the logfile! The
- only problem will be if the file to be uudecoded is named DECODER.LOG, in which
- case you should modify the begin header (for example, rename it to DECODER.LO_)
- before executing DECODER.
-
- DECODER will overwrite its target files! Whenever possible you should specify a
- target directory that does not exist, letting DECODER create it. (If there is a
- header that says begin 644 ../faq.txt you should specify a the target directory
- of at least two levels depth, etc.)
-
- As DECODER is only a single EXE (apart from this documentation) no installation
- is necessary. Put it wherever you want it to be. A PATHed directory is best.
-
- DECODER is freely distributable but it is shareware. So if you use it regularly
- you should send, in cash, US$5.00 or Rp 11.500,00 (Indonesian Rupiahs) to:
-
- Andy Kurnia
- Jl. Dr. Makaliwe Raya 33A
- Grogol, Jakarta Barat, Indonesia 11450
-
- Suggestions and bug reports are welcome at the following e-mail address. If you
- have no e-mail access, you can send it to the address above. I prefer e-mail to
- snail mails.
-
- Andy Kurnia <akur@indo.net.id>
-