I think we can, once more, conclude that correctly attaching binary files is tricky. For example the 14:13 PM GMT attachment was 870 bytes, not 860, and had 6 extra bytes at the beginning and 4 at the end.
Clay, I think you could use the standard XPG/POSIX command fold(1) instead of your fpad program.
Yes, I could have used fold in this case but it was not clear what kind of termination was needed; I wanted something that could do LF's, CR's, CRLF's, or LFCR's just by changing the argument.
WOW. That was the hardest ten points I ever earned! I actually created the file using vi and tried the "dd" until I got the right combo! I agree that getting the proper attachment is necessary, but also tricky.
Carol, have fun with that very interesting data :-))
In hindsight, I can hit myself that I did not see the relation between the stair-case of 6 characters (see 12:10 PM GMT attachment), the assumed logical record length of 86 characters and the default 80 character width of most 'terminals'.
Obviously the display was wrapping at 80 characters, causing the 6-character stair-case. So apparently the data did not contain any linefeeds, hence they had to be inserted after each 86 characters. Elementary, dear Watson! :-)
