From:	MERC::"uunet!vms.ecs.rpi.edu!list-mgr" 14-APR-1992 14:39:58.71
To:	"dwing" <dwing@UH01.Colorado.EDU>
CC:	"mx-list" <mx-list@vms.ecs.rpi.edu>
Subj:	Re: UUencoded files and MX...

Dan Wing (dwing@uh01.colorado.edu) writes:

>If you're trying to get the file from a VMS machine to a non-VMS machine
>while preserving trailing blanks, I think UUENCODE/UUDECODE is about the only
>solution.

There is also a pair of programs called HEXIFY and DEHEXIFY which can convert a
file to human-readable characters (i.e. the hexadecimal representation of the
data in the file) and back again.  This is also an option.  In fact, Matt
Madison uses these programs to help distribut the MX savesets by mail.  He
compresses the savesets with LZCMP, HEXIFYs them, and then VMS_SHAREs them to
make a mailable package.  I believe I've seen C versions of HEXIFY and DEHEXIFY
available on the Internet.  You could check by sending a mail message to one of
the following addresses:

    archie@archie.ans.net
    archie@archie.mcgill.ca (or archie@cs.mcgill.ca)
    archie@archie.rutgers.edu
    archie@archie.sura.net
    archie@archie.unl.edu

If you don't use a signature file, the message can be a single line that looks
like this:

    prog hexify

If you do use a signature file, put the line

    quit

immediately after the PROG line.  In a day or so you'll receive a message
listing all FTP-able files containing the string "hexify".