Re: Where the heck is uuencode?

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It would appear that on Apr 13, listhub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx did say:

> This old man has a need to get some large files off a LAN orphaned machine. 
> The machine does not have CD/W capability.
> "No problem", says I, "just use uuencode and split, put it on floppys,
> transfer, join and uudecode".
> So I sits at my Red Hat 8.0 orphaned machine and ...
> 
> [root@valencia work]# uuencode vetc.tar.gz
> bash: uuencode: command not found
> 
> "No way", says I, so ... i do
> 
> [root@valencia work]# find / -name uuencode -print
> 
> thinking that uuencode might not be on the default path.  NADA.
> 
> I know Red Hat is changing the distribution to meet its commercial "sell
> support" outlook but something this basic???
> 
> So ... is this in some RPM that is not installed default that has
> uuencode/uudecode?
> Is there some new utility to take binaries to split files and rejoin after
> transfer on floppys?
> 
> Clue me.
 
 www.rpmfind.net

 search term=uuencode

 Applicable found package:

 The GNU shar utilities for packaging and unpackaging shell archives.
 Red Hat Linux 8.0 for i386	sharutils-4.2.1-12.i386.rpm

 Enjoy!

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