Is metamail something OS-specific? Because if not...
[Jerome] 19> uudecode -o /tmp/flarp
Usage: uudecode [infile]
[Jerome] 20>
[Daily-Planet] 151> uudecode -o /tmp/flarp
uudecode: illegal option -- o
usage: uudecode [file ...]
[Daily-Planet] 152>
> uudecode <$1 -o audio-file
I'd suggest as a somewhat more portable solution,
sed -e '1s/.*/begin 644 audio-file/' < $1 | uudecode
Perhaps the 644 should be something like `expr 666 - \`umask\``.
der Mouse
mouse@rodents.montreal.qc.ca
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