RE: sftp on OS390 mainframe

From: Shapiro, David (david.shapiro_at_bti.com)
Date: 05/14/03

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Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 15:08:40 -0400

    uuencode uses Base64 character set.

      
      
      
      
      
     

    The character referenced by the index shall be placed in the output string.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Bill Campbell [mailto:bill@celestial.com]
    Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 2:38 PM
    To: secureshell@securityfocus.com
    Subject: Re: sftp on OS390 mainframe

    On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 02:25:46PM -0400, Shapiro, David wrote:
    >
    >uuencode the binary first and then send it.

    I think you probably want to encode using base64 rather than uuencode since
    uuencode may use some characters that aren't supported in EBCDIC.

    Bill 

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