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- BOINK/UNBOINK Instructions
-
- The BOINK program has two functions:
-
- 1) First, it takes a binary file and converts it to ASCII so that it can be
- sent by EMAIL. It has its own internal protocol checks to guarantee
- that the file is received correctly. Once the program has been sent to
- a remote user, that user need only run the UNBOINK program to return the
- data back to its original binary form. A good application of this utility
- would be to ZIP or ARC down a program or data file, BOINK it, and then
- send it by EMAIL to another user. To use this feature:
-
- BOINK <fname>
-
- Where <fname> is the name of a binary file you wish to "ASCII-fy".
-
- This will create a file with a .ASC extension which is suitable for
- net transmission. To "un-ASCII-fy" the file on the other end, type:
-
- UNBOINK <fname>
-
-
- 2) The second thing it does is to split an ASCII file into subfiles based
- on a maximum byte-count or a line-count. This can be used in cases
- where there is a maximum number of lines or bytes allowed in a single
- EMAIL message (as is the case on most of the nets). To use this
- feature:
-
- BOINK <fname> -Bxxxx -Lxxxx
-
- where <fname> is the name of the ASCII file you wish to split
- type -Bxxxx if you want to split into subfiles no larger than xxxx bytes
- -Lxxxx if you want to split into subfiles no larger than xxxx lines
-
- The file <fname> will get split into N subfiles named fname.001,...,fname.00N