Re: [SLUG] decodeing base64 ?

[Peter Chubb <peterc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>>> "Voytek" == Voytek Eymont <lists@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Voytek> On Thu, April 6, 2006 10:28 am, Peter Chubb wrote:
>>>>>>> "Voytek" == Voytek Eymont <voytek@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>> Most mime-compliant mailers have base64 coding/decoding built in.



Voytek> is there a command here to detach it, I tried sending it to a
Voytek> file, but, the whole file transferred

Edit the file afterwards; delete all but the base64 encoded part.
>> uudecode expects a begin 644 filename
>> 
>> line at the start of the file.
>> 
>> You could try:
>> 
>> 
>> { echo 'begin-base64 644 x.wav'; cat file; echo ====; } | uudecode

Voytek> get 'iilegal line'

Voytek> [root@rhel mail]# { echo 'begin-base64 644 x.wav'; cat test;
Voytek> echo ====; } | uudecode uudecode: stdin: illegal line

Everything between the begin and end needs to be base64-encoded.  You
probably sent it the entire file.

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