uudecode: Short file?

[Henry McGilton]

In article <1991Mar9.104048.21207 at nntp-server.caltech.edu>, aabo at nntp-server.caltech.edu (Andrew Masami Abo) writes:

    *  I uudecoded a uuencoded file and received the error: Short file.
    *  The resulting binary file was incomplete.  What does this error
    *  mean and how can I fix it?  The man page was unenlightening.  I
    *  examined the uuencoded file and saw that both the 'begin' and
    *  'end' statements were intact.  I am running on SunOS 4.1.1.

Right before the `end' statement of a uuencoded file there should be
what appears to be a blank line.  That line should in fact have one
space at the beginning of the line.  I have had the same experience
with a `smart' mailer removing the single space.  The results is
uudecode complaining about a short file.

	........  Henry