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 -- Stephen W. Thompson, U. of PA, Data Administration, 215-898-1236 E-mail (MIME): [log in to unmask] -OR- [log in to unmask] (For security matters, use [log in to unmask], read by Data Admin. staff) URL: http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~st/st.html