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``short file error'' while using uudecode

I have found that in almost every case, a "short file" is caused by a
missing space character that's supposed to be on the line before the
"end".

On UN*X, do a `man 5 uuencode' -- my manpage says "The body is terminated
by a line with a count of zero.  This line consists of one ASCII SPACE."

I'm guessing that the mailing list software strips trailing spaces --
usually a good idea, but not in this case.

So the moral of the story is:  if someone uses uuencode instead of uue,
all you have to do is put the space in the line before the "end".
                                      --- Matt Messina  <messina@umich.edu>

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