How do I convert the email content to a real zip/tar file?

[jane zhang]

Hi all,
I received the following email which contains a zipped tar file inside of it. How do I convert this to a real zip/tar file?

See below for the email content from microsoft outlook.

begin 664 dosim2_files.tar.gz
M'XL(`````````^1;6U?;2+;NU_`7SDNU0X_MQ%B2+T"4=CHT.`EK"+"`I&=-
M2'N$5;:5R));DC%TDO/;S[Z42B6#3>:LGH>S#JL[E*2Z[.NW]ZXJ_#@-IJW!
M*`AE:OWPG_FQ[8Z]L].%W[;=[CKTV^ELTV_U\X.]T^VTVML=>[L-[YWV=MOY
MH?L?HJ?T,T\S+X$E_3B:K>\GDW3-=\V(^OU_Y,MQW%0_]N=[DZWU2+]=W:V091_.27W_/P_U__C'ZUYFEAA//1"ZRJ(K)E,0K&U
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[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Jane,

ftp the file with binary mode to your hpbox.

hpux 11.x

# /usr/contrib/bin/gunzip -l dosim2_files.tar.gz

should give uncompressed size.

# /usr/contrib/bin/gunzip dosim2_files.tar.gz


If you have a 10.x hpbox you have to use

# uncompress dosim2_files.tar.gz


Kind regards,

Robert-Jan.

[jane zhang]

Hi,
This ftp thing and unix gzip and compress won't work on this.

The binary zipped and tarred file was sent by email, it is not an attached file, and the file appears in the email content.

Regards,
Jane

[Dietmar Konermann · Accepted solution]

Copy the EMail to a file and run "uudecode ". You should get dosim2_files.tar.gz written to your standard directory.

Sometimes it is needed to strip off any leading lines before the "begin" statement. Make sure that all lines of the uuencoded text are aligned... otherwise it may be corrupted.

Best regards...
Dietmar.

[jane zhang]

Dietmar,
Thanks, uudecode is what I need.

Jane