Problem using uuencode

hashbangbinbash · 04-17-2008, 07:00 AM

I'm trying to use uuencode with the mail command but it doesn't seem to be on my CentOS system. I did a man uuencode and nothing came up, so I did this

Code:

[root@hashbang]# yum install uuencode
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Nothing to do
[root@hashbang]# whereis uuencode
uuencode: /usr/share/man/man1p/uuencode.1p.gz

I don't know what to do with this lp.gz file, I tried gunziping it but that just left an equally mysterious .lp file. How can I make it so uuencode works?

anyhelp'preciated.

colucix · 04-17-2008, 08:25 AM

The misterious uuencode.1p.gz file is a manual page, as you can see from its location.

Looking at the output of the yum command, it looks like the package has not be found nor installed. I cannot tell where the uuencode man page comes from, but you can always find out by

Code:

rpm -qf /usr/share/man/man1p/uuencode.1p.gz

maybe it comes from a collection of unix man pages, even if the package has not been installed.

Anyway, why don't you try to install the uudeview package? It is available for CentOS and provides the required functionality. For example to send a mail with a properly encoded attachment, you can use something like

Code:

uuenview -b -m <email_address> -s <subject> -a <file_to_attach>

hashbangbinbash · 04-17-2008, 08:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colucix

The misterious uuencode.1p.gz file is a manual page, as you can see from its location.

Looking at the output of the yum command, it looks like the package has not be found nor installed. I cannot tell where the uuencode man page comes from, but you can always find out by

Code:

rpm -qf /usr/share/man/man1p/uuencode.1p.gz

maybe it comes from a collection of unix man pages, even if the package has not been installed.

Anyway, why don't you try to install the uudeview package? It is available for CentOS and provides the required functionality. For example to send a mail with a properly encoded attachment, you can use something like

Code:

uuenview -b -m <email_address> -s <subject> -a <file_to_attach>

Thanks for the advise.

I did notice the /man/ location but wasn't sure why something compressed and with an .lp extension would be there. Now I see that that's how man pages are stored, I'd always assumed they were just... txt files or something.