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| ABE Ascii-Binary Encoding System (Brad Templeton 1989): abe/dabe/tinydabe |
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|****** An alternative to uuencode/uudecode for unix/msdos/gemdos/etc. ******|
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Public domain ASCII-BINARY-ENCODING package [gemdos:ATARI.ST][version 1000-AR].
Archive contents:
-rw-- 9244 Fri Jun 16 19:25 readme [Read this next!]
..\abe_bin [moved to \]:
-rw-- 19582 Fri Jun 16 19:03 abe.ttp [ABE-encoder]
-rw-- 20931 Fri Jun 16 19:03 dabe.ttp [ABE-decoder]
-rw-- 7697 Fri Jun 16 19:03 tdabe1.prg [tiny ABE-decoder: ASCII]
-rw-- 7897 Fri Jun 16 19:03 tdabe2.prg [tiny ABE-decoder: EBCDIC]
..\abe_doc [ABE-encoded -> abe_doc.abe] :
-rw-- 15588 Fri Jun 16 19:25 abe.man [ST fmt: nroff -man]
-rw-- 19112 Fri Jun 16 19:25 abe_fmt.doc [documents the ABE format]
-rw-- 8386 Fri Jun 16 19:25 dabe.man [ST fmt: nroff -man]
..\tiny_src [ABE-encoded -> tiny_src.abe]:
-rw-- 4021 Fri Jun 16 21:14 tdabe1.c [tinydabe source: ASCII]
-rw-- 4083 Fri Jun 16 21:14 tdabe2.c [tinydabe source: EBCDIC]
+ (possibly) sample shell-scripts (msh/gulam/etc.). In order to decode
an ABE-archive do:
dabe ABE-archive
either from the desk-top [CLICK-ON dabe.ttp] or else from a (Bourne-like)
shell. So we can get back the ABE-encoded directory \abe_doc, with
dabe abe_doc.abe.
(here, abe has been used as an archiver). This works on UN*X and MSDOS,
too, if you have the original dabe.
A single-file ABE-encoding can be restored with the supplied tiny decoders
tdabe[1-2].prg from a (Bourne-like) shell. For instance, we can restore an
ASCII [only] ABE-encoding with
tdabe1 < ABE-archive | cat > output-file
from msh. (On ATARI.ST + msh you may also try a command
cat ABE-archive | tdabe > output-file
although this one would generate extra line-feeds.)
[NB]: Apparently, [the current version of] gulam does NOT support pipes:
use instead
tdabe1 < ABE-archive > output-file
or the full ABE-decoder [tdabe.ttp].
Comfortably enough, you can catenate masses of ABE-encoded files [no
blocking or extra info added] and retrieve the originals, by running
dabe on the outcome (just once). Look up the manual pages for examples.
Send ABE-related mail to abe@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton).
[AR]=[adriaan@sci.kun.nl](Adrian Rezus)-----------------------------------