Post by thread:[OT] uuencoded tar file

to uuencpode something is to take it from binary and convert it to text. tar is a grouping of files made by the (un*x/Linux) tar. Andrew On Tue, 28 Mar 2000 13:42:03 -0800 "James R. Cunningham" <spam_OUTjrcceaTakeThisOuTBELLSOUTH.NET> writes: > Folks, > > Sorry to show my ignorance (but not sorry enough to avoid doing so). > > What's a 'uuencoded tar file' ? > > Thanks, > > Jim ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: dl.http://www.juno.com/get/tagj.

> Van: James R. Cunningham <.....jrcceaKILLspam@spam@BELLSOUTH.NET> > Aan: PICLISTKILLspamMITVMA.MIT.EDU > Onderwerp: [OT] uuencoded tar file > Datum: dinsdag 28 maart 2000 23:42 > > Folks, Hello James, > Sorry to show my ignorance (but not sorry enough to avoid doing so). > > What's a 'uuencoded tar file' ? UUEncode is a way to convert binary data to a format where only readable chars are used. That means only ASCII chars (char-codes 32 to 126), and not even all of them. This way the (binary) file can be send over ASCII-only lines (like some, now older, "internets") without being crippled .. a TAR-file is something that comes outof the UNIX world. It's short for TApe aRchive. It's supposed to be a backup of disk-data to magnetic tape. Sort of equivalent of ARJ. Regards, Rudy Wieser