Title: MPACK Author: John G. Myers Version: 1.5 Title From: Documentation Author From: Documentation Version From: Documentation Supplier: Olly Betts Date: 15/02/95 Keywords: File conversion programs Shareware: No Machine: Archimedes Operating system: RISCOS Memory requirements: Peripherals needed: Other s/ware needed: Directory: micros/arch/riscos/e015 Date mounted/updated: 05/12/95 File names: mpack.arc Unarchived files: 3 Unarchived size: 86 kbytes Omissions: See also: BASE64 (c179) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acquiring the package: Download the archive file(s) and extract using SparkPlug 2 (see the "tools_help" file in micros/arch/riscos/tools for further info). Description: Mpack and munpack are utilities for encoding and decoding (respectively) binary files in MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) format mail messages. For compatibility with older forms of transferring binary files, the munpack program can also decode messages in split-uuencoded format. The Archimedes port interworks with Marcel (ANT's RISC OS MIME-compliant MUA) to preserve filetypes, timestamps and access permissions. munpack should correctly unpack any Marcel message. At present, mpack doesn't include the filetype, etc. information. This may be implemented in a future release.