For the first time ever, I finally did an "s" save to a file of a msg that on-screen (trn) looked just fine, all ascii -- but then in that file I "s"'d it to, the body had all this gibberish: >From fcaron@cadence.com Sat Apr 20 22:21:45 EDT 2002 Article: 430858 of comp.lang.perl.misc Message-ID: <3CA3295C.DCBB2EB8@cadence.com> Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 15:31:56 +0100 From: Franck Caron <fcaron@cadence.com> Reply-To: fcaron@cadence.com Organization: cadence X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; SunOS 5.7 sun4u) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.misc To: Bob <Bob@aetherweb.freeserve.co.uk> Subject: Re: Launch process from perl? References: <a7v5c5$p2m$1@newsg3.svr.pol.co.uk> <ji76ausp3meri68huruea3nnv9vko5ac3p@4ax.com> <a7v7uv$r0p$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 NNTP-Posting-Host: cdssoph28.cadence.com X-Trace: news.cadence.com 1017325926 cdssoph28.cadence.com (28 Mar 2002 06:32:06 -0800) Lines: 38 Path: reader1.panix.com!reader2.panix.com!panix!yellow.newsread.com!bad-news.newsread.com!netaxs.com!newsread.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.airnews.net!cabal11.airnews.net!news.cadence.com Xref: panix comp.lang.perl.misc:430858 eWVzICwgeW91IGFyZSByaWdodCBmb3JrIGxhdW5jaCBhIGNvcHkgb2YgdGhlIGN1cnJlbnQg cHJvY2Vzcy4gc28gaW4gdGhlIHNvbg0KcHJvY2VzcywgeW91IGNhbiBleGVjIHlvdXIgY29t bWFuZC4NCg0KdGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgY29kZQ0KDQppZiAoZGVmaW5lZCgkcGlkID09IGZvcmso KSkpew0KICAgIGlmICgkcGlkICE9IDApIHsgI2luIHNvbg0KICAgICAgICAgICBleGVjICRj bWQ7DQogICAgfSAgICNlbHNlIGluIHBhcmVudA0KfWVsc2Ugew0KICAgIHdhcm4gIiRjbWQg bm9uIGV4ZWN1dGVkKGJhZCBmb3JrKVxuIjsNCn0NCg0KaWYgeW91IHdhbnQgbW9yZSBpbnRl cmFjdGl2aXR5LCB5b3UgY2FuIGxhdW5jaCBhIHRocmVhZCB1c2luZyB0aGUgIlRocmVhZCIN Cm1vZHVsZS4NCmJ1dCBpZiB5b3UganVzdCBuZWVkIHRvIGxhdW5jaCB0aGUgcHJvY2VzcyBh bmQgeW91IGRvIG5vdCBjYXJlIGFib3V0IGl0IGFmdGVyLA0KYSBmb3JrIGlzIHdoYXQNCnlv dSBuZWVkLg0KDQpmcmFuY2sNCg0KQm9iIHdyb3RlOg0KDQo+IFRoYW5rcywNCj4NCj4gTXkg cHJvZ3JhbSdzIHJ1bm5pbmcgb24gVU5JWC4NCj4NCj4gQnV0IGRvZXNuJ3QgZm9yaygpIGp1 c3QgbGF1bmNoIGEgY29weSBvZiB0aGUgZmlyc3QgcHJvY2Vzcz8NCj4NCj4gU29ycnkgaWYg SSdtIGJlaW5nIGRpbSwgYnV0IGNvdWxkIHlvdSBnaXZlIG1lIHNvbWUgY29kZSBzaG93aW5n IGhvdyB5b3UgbWVhbg0KPiB0aGlzIG1pZ2h0IHdvcms/DQo+DQo+IFRoYW5rcyBhZ2FpbiwN Cj4NCj4gSmVmZg0KPg0KPiAiQmFydCBMYXRldXIiIDxiYXJ0LmxhdGV1ckBwYW5kb3JhLmJl PiB3cm90ZSBpbiBtZXNzYWdlDQo+IG5ld3M6amk3NmF1c3AzbWVyaTY4aHVydWVhM25udjl2 a281YWMzcEA0YXguY29tLi4uDQo+ID4gQm9iIHdyb3RlOg0KPiA+DQo+ID4gPkkga25vdyBo b3cgdG8gZXhlYygpIGFuZCBzeXN0ZW0oKSBvdGhlciBjZ2kgc2NyaXB0cyAoYXQgbGVhc3Qg SSB0aGluayBJDQo+IGRvKQ0KPiA+ID5idXQgdGhlc2UgdGVjaG5pcXVlcyBhbHdheXMgd2Fp dCBmb3IgdGhlIGV4ZWN1dGVkIHByb2dyYW0gdG8gdGVybWluYXRlDQo+ID4gPmJlZm9yZSBt eSBtYWluIHByb2dyYW0gY2FuIGNvbnRpbnVlLg0KPiA+ID4NCj4gPiA+SW4gb3RoZXIgd29y ZHMsIEkgd2FudCB0byBiZSBhYmxlIHRvIGxhdW5jaCBhIHNlY29uZCBwcm9jZXNzIGZyb20g YQ0KPiBmaXJzdCwNCj4gPiA+d2l0aG91dCB0aGUgZmlyc3QgcHJvY2VzcyBoYXZpbmcgdG8g d2FpdCBmb3IgdGhlIHNlY29uZCB0byBjb21wbGV0ZQ0KPiBiZWZvcmUNCj4gPiA+aXQgY29u dGludWVzLg0KPiA+ID4NCj4gPiA+QW55IGlkZWFzPw0KPiA+DQo+ID4gVW5peCBvciBXaW5k b3dzPw0KPiA+DQo+ID4gT24gVW5peCwgZG8gYSBmb3JrKCksIGFuZCB0aGVuIGFuIGV4ZWMo KSBpbiB0aGUgY2hpbGQuDQo+ID4NCj4gPiBPbiBXaW5kb3dzLCB0cnkgdGhlIFNoZWxsRXhl Y3V0ZSBBUEkgY2FsbCAod2l0aCBXaW4zMjo6QVBJIGZvciBleGFtcGxlKSwNCj4gPiBvciBs b29rIGludG8gV2luMzI6OlByb2Nlc3MuDQo+ID4NCj4gPiAtLQ0KPiA+IEJhcnQuDQoNCi0t DQpQUzogbm90ZSB0aGF0IG15IG1haWwgaGFzIGNoYW5nZWQgc2luY2UgRmViIDd0aCwyMDAy DQp1c2UgZmNhcm9uQGNhZGVuY2UuY29tIGluc3RlYWQgb2YgZnJhbmNrY0BjYWRlbmNlLmNv bQ0KDQotLQ0KRnJhbmNrIENBUk9ODQpNZW1iZXIgb2YgVGVjaG5pY2FsIFN0YWZmICAgLT0t ICAgQ2FkZW5jZSBEZXNpZ24gU3lzdGVtDQotKi0qLSotKi0qLSotKi0qLSotKi0qLSotKi0q LSotKi0qLSotKi0qLSotKi0qLSotKi0qLSotDQoxMDgwLCBSb3V0ZSBkZXMgRG9saW5lcyAt IDA2NTYwIFNvcGhpYSBBbnRpcG9saXMgRnJhbmNlDQpQaG9uZTogKzMzICgwKTQuODkuODcu MzAuNzcgLSBGYXg6ICszMyAoMCk0Ljg5Ljg3LjMwLjAxDQptYWlsdG86ZmNhcm9uQGNhZGVu Y2UuY29tDQotKi0qLSotKi0qLSotKi0qLSotKi0qLSotKi0qLSotKi0qLSotKi0qLSotKi0q LSotKi0qLSotDQoNCg0K QUESTION: how to get that stuff converted into ascii, so I can read it? QUESTION2: how to get trn to s it to a file in the same form in which it appears on-screen? Thanks! David
