Subject: Easy way to read WP file into Pine msg?

From: [email-masked] (Hal Blacker)
Date: 30 May 1994 10:33:05 -0700

Is there an easy way to read word-processing files into pine mail?  I go 
through a multi-step process (outlined below).  Even doing this, for some 
reason I often lose the last line or so of the file.  This is what I do:
1.  Save the wp51 file as ascii text.
2.  Upload to server.
3.  Convert to unix, using "dos2unix (filename) > (new filename)".  This 
is necessary in order to get rid of ^M's.
4. Using ^R, I read the file into the message portion of letter.

Even after all this, I seem to lose the last line or two, often, of the 
file.  Yet if I "more" or "less" the uploaded file, it is complete.  I 
get a message like "funny line at EOF" on pine.  What does that mean?
Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
 
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From: [email-masked] (Dale Fraser)
Date: 30 May 1994 18:18:31 GMT

Hal Blacker ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Even after all this, I seem to lose the last line or two, often, of the 
: file.  Yet if I "more" or "less" the uploaded file, it is complete.  I 
: get a message like "funny line at EOF" on pine.  What does that mean?
: Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
Remove the ^Z that is appearing at the end of the file. It should be on a
line by itself.

Dale

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From: [email-masked] (Bob Curtis)
Date: 31 May 1994 19:16:36 -0400

Hal Blacker ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Is there an easy way to read word-processing files into pine mail?  I go 
: through a multi-step process (outlined below).  Even doing this, for some 
: reason I often lose the last line or so of the file.  This is what I do:
: 1.  Save the wp51 file as ascii text.
: 2.  Upload to server.
: 3.  Convert to unix, using "dos2unix (filename) > (new filename)".  This 
: is necessary to get rid of the ^M's.

I'd like to do the same thing, but the command "dos2unix" is not 
available on my system. Is there a PC version that I can run locally 
before I upload the file? What's it called?

Alternately, is there another command I could use, once the file is on 
the Unix server?

: 4. Using ^R, I read the file into the message portion of letter.

Thanks in advance
Bob Curtis

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From: [email-masked] (James Anderson)
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 94 05:31:19 GMT

>before I upload the file? What's it called?

You may be able to make the conversion during the upload process.  For
example, I upload from my PC to the server using Zmodem.  I first give
the Unix command "rz -a" to the server; the "-a" gets rid of the ^M's.
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