On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 11:19, Mike Beattie wrote: > On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 11:09:24AM +1300, Michael JasonSmith wrote: > > Program used to encode binary data as ASCII. Uuencode was > > originally used with uucp to transfer binary files over serial > > lines which did not preserve the top bit of characters but is > > now used for sending binary files by e-mail and posting to > > Usenet newsgroups etc. The program uudecode reverses the effect > > of uuencode, recreating the original binary file exactly. > > Right, and we'd already established that uuencode would be what Nick was > after. i.e., go and look at who I replied to - someone else beat me to the > same conclusion. - I wasn't asking a question.
I think Michael was just posting a little trivia for those of us who didn't know, as he seems inclined to do ;-) I found it interesting :-)
