Roger Burns <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
> Subject: GET via LB64 ?
 
> I've been told about how to PUT a wide file by using the LB64.C program.
> Is there any way to GET a wide file via mail, without lines being wrapped?
> I wish there were some similar means to GET a file such as that LB64
> program does for PUT.  (I'd like to GET my FILELIST by mail, edit it, and
> then PUT it back.)
 
Eric Thomas <[log in to unmask]> answered:
 
> Just add F=MIME on your GET request.
 
Eric's answer is just a *teensy* bit on the terse side, so I'll add a
bit.  Adding "F=MIME" encodes the response into "base64", which sends
binary files using only upper and lower letters, numbers, slash, plus
and equals (true, that's 65 characters, but the '=' is a filler
character to make mail be an even multiple of, if I remember right,
4).
 
Then you either need a mail reader which can handle MIME or a utility
that can decode the base64 encoding.  (I happen to have both, the
utility being a perl program so it'll work on many platforms.)
 
But be aware that with many mailers long lines get thru okay, so the
"GET <listname>" output may be delivered intact.  In other cases,
F=LPUNCH will give you something readable if not easily reformatted.
So you may not need to mess with the base64 encoding.  I don't,
especially after we made sure our list header has all lines less than
80 characters.  (I always use "GET <listname> (HEAD", and manipulate
addresses with QUERY, ADD and DEL commands.  So the ONLY time I use
"lb64" is when making changes to the FILELIST.)
 
En paz,
Steve, Quaker-L & Quaker-P
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