From mbas@unm.edu Sun Dec 12 18:46:33 1993 From: mbas@unm.edu (i am me) Newsgroups: de.alt.binaries.pictures.misc Subject: - rrbr1.gif (0/4) Date: 11 Dec 1993 18:37:15 -0700 rrbr1.gif is a uuencoded picture of Hot air balloons asscending >from the Red Rock Balloon Rally near Gallup, New Mexico USA. This was the 13th annual rally. The rally gets it's name from the red sandstone bluffs that are in the back ground. Enjoy these photographs Morris This description and the associated 4 parts contain the uuencoded form of rrbr1.gif, which is a GIF {GIF87} [579x381x8p] picture. Instructions for extraction: ---------------------------- A) Using rn/nn news reader facilities (easiest - let the news reader do the work! - includes automatic extraction and filesum checking): 1) Ignore the script below - just use the 'extract' feature of your news reader to decode the other 4 pieces (NICE feature - unfortunately not available in all versions). 2) Enjoy the resulting rrbr1.gif file! B) UNIX script method (next easiest - recommended for beginners and those interested in automatic extraction and filesum checking): 1) Extract the following shell script, removing everything before the "shell begin here" line, and everything after the "shell end here" line (save as rrbr1.sh). 2) Save the remaining 4 file part(s) into the files specified in their respective headers (these files should be in the same directory as rrbr1.sh). 3) Execute 'sh < rrbr1.sh'. This script will do all of the extraction, concatenation, filesum checking, and decoding steps for you, detecting any errors along the way. 4) Enjoy the resulting rrbr1.gif file! C) To manually edit/patch (for those familiar with these type of files - and/or those without UNIX!): 1) Save everything between line pairs of the text "BEGIN --- CUT HERE --- Cut Here --- cut here ---" ...and... "END --- CUT HERE --- Cut Here --- cut here ---". 2) Concatenate the resulting file part(s) together (in order!) and pipe the result into uudecode. 3) Enjoy the resulting rrbr1.gif file! If you have any trouble with the above, I'm sure I'll get e-mail from you... (but if you DON'T have trouble, I wouldn't mind hearing that, either!!) #--------shell begin here------- save as rrbr1.sh #! /bin/sh # TOP-LEVEL script for translating rrbr1.gif from uuencoded form filePart=1 missingFiles="" until [ ${filePart} -eq 5 ] do partStr="${filePart}" test -f rrbr1${partStr} fileErr=$? if [ $fileErr -eq 0 ] then awk " \ /shell begin here/ { print_next = 1; } \ /shell end here/ { print_mode = 0; } \ { \ if ( print_mode ) { \ print; \ } \ if ( print_next ) { \ print_mode = 1; \ print_next = 0; \ } \ } \ " rrbr1${partStr} > rrbr1${partStr}.sh test -f rrbr1${partStr}.sh exErr=0 fileErr=$? if [ $fileErr -eq 0 ] then chmod +x rrbr1${partStr}.sh ./rrbr1${partStr}.sh result=$? if [ $result -eq 0 ] then rm -f rrbr1${partStr}.sh rrbr1${partStr} else if [ $result -eq 7 ] then rm -f rrbr1${partStr}.sh rrbr1${partStr} missingFiles="" break else if [ $result -eq 6 ] then exit 1 else echo "Error in execution of rrbr1${partStr}.sh - continuing..." exErr=$result fi fi fi else echo "WARNING: File rrbr1${partStr}.sh doesn't exist!! - continuing..." test -f rrbr1${partStr}.uu exErr=$? fi else echo "WARNING: File rrbr1${partStr} doesn't exist!! - continuing..." test -f rrbr1${partStr}.uu exErr=$? fi if [ $exErr -ne 0 ] then if [ "$missingFiles" = "" ] then missingFiles="rrbr1${partStr}.uu" else missingFiles="$missingFiles rrbr1${partStr}.uu" fi fi filePart=`expr $filePart + 1` done if [ "$missingFiles" = "" ] then exit 0 else echo "Cannot continue without file(s) ${missingFiles}..." exit 1 fi #--------shell end here------- save as rrbr1.sh >>> Processed using xmitBin ver. 1.8 by D. Jim Howard <<< And the meek shall inherit the earth And the bank shall repossess it