How is it possible for a user to open an archive.zip file produced by
TotalComnander if he does not have TotalComnander installed on his computer?
I mailed such an archive, as an attached document, to a user recipient
operating under WindowsXP. Winzip refused to open the archive.
Is the command "encode file" useful for exchanging though e-mail a complete
directory structure of files, compressed as an archive.zip file or not? What
is the purpose of this command?
opening archive.zip archive
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quotation from Total Comander Help
Encode file (MIME,UUE,XXE)
With this function you can convert binary files like programs or archives to plain text, e.g. for sending a file over the Internet by e-mail. The text output will be written either to one big file, or split to multiple partial files.
On the target computer, you can re-create the original file either with Total Commander (command decode file), or with other programs like Wincode, which is a widespread Freeware encoder/decoder.
Encode the file XXX to directory:
Here you can enter the target path. The file names will be chosen by Total Commander like this: The name is kept, and the extension is changed to .B64 (MIME), .UUE (UUEncode) and .XXE (XXEncode), respectively. Leave the field empty to encode to the current directory.
Encode as Here you can specify the desired coding method. MIME is an Internet mail format. UUE is a relatively old, but a wide-spread format especially for mailboxes, which however doesn't come through everywhere (e.g. through some Internet servers). XXE avoids the drawbacks of UUE, but it's much less wide spread.
Lines per file Sets the number of encoded lines per file. If left empty, only one output file is created. The number of header lines is NOT counted in this number. The header contains data like the original file name.
Bytes per file Sets the size of the partial files in characters (bytes). The size of the file headers is not counted. Therefore the generated files are slightly larger than selected.
Encode file (MIME,UUE,XXE)
With this function you can convert binary files like programs or archives to plain text, e.g. for sending a file over the Internet by e-mail. The text output will be written either to one big file, or split to multiple partial files.
On the target computer, you can re-create the original file either with Total Commander (command decode file), or with other programs like Wincode, which is a widespread Freeware encoder/decoder.
Encode the file XXX to directory:
Here you can enter the target path. The file names will be chosen by Total Commander like this: The name is kept, and the extension is changed to .B64 (MIME), .UUE (UUEncode) and .XXE (XXEncode), respectively. Leave the field empty to encode to the current directory.
Encode as Here you can specify the desired coding method. MIME is an Internet mail format. UUE is a relatively old, but a wide-spread format especially for mailboxes, which however doesn't come through everywhere (e.g. through some Internet servers). XXE avoids the drawbacks of UUE, but it's much less wide spread.
Lines per file Sets the number of encoded lines per file. If left empty, only one output file is created. The number of header lines is NOT counted in this number. The header contains data like the original file name.
Bytes per file Sets the size of the partial files in characters (bytes). The size of the file headers is not counted. Therefore the generated files are slightly larger than selected.