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- N C D C
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- Jurgen A. Doornik
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- 1. Introduction.
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- NCDC is a XX/UU encoder/decoder. There are many of these around,
- so why NCDC?
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- o NCDC is completely free, and comes with C source code.
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- o NCDC is written in ANSI C, with conditional code sections
- for old style (K&R) headers, Unix and VAX/VMS.
- NCDC currently runs on MsDos, Unix, and VAX/VMS computers.
- You can easily adjust the source code for other machines,
- but it will probably run unchanged.
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- o NCDC has the decoder and encoder in one program, and
- is fairly intelligent: it knows when to decode or encode,
- and, when decoding, which method to use.
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- o Unlike many other decoders, NCDC gives warning messages
- if something unexpected is found. NCDC can glue broken lines.
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- o NCDC is efficient. Its speed approximates that of assembler
- encoders/decoders.
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- If you have any suggestions for improvement, or find any bugs,
- please report them to me, via email:
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- INTERNET: ECONZ@UK.AC.OX.VAX
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- or by mail:
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- Jurgen Doornik
- Institute of Economics and Statistics
- St Cross Building, Manor Road
- Oxford OX1 3UL
- United Kingdom
- FAX +44 - 865 - 271094
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- Special thanks are due to Arjen Merckens, who helped debugging
- NCDC, and added the /s option for VAX/VMS. Arjen is author
- of ACD (ChDir FAST; more features than LCD/NCD and free).
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- 2. Contents of zip file.
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- NCDC.C - C source code for NCDC
- NCDC.DOC - this file
- NCDC.EXE - Dos executable
- NCDC.VXE - VAX/VMS executable
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- 3. Installation and compilation
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- To install the VAX/VMS executable, you need to transfer it (as a
- binary file) to the VAX, rename it to NCDC.EXE, and add something
- like
- $NCDC == "$disk:[path]NCDC.EXE"
- to your login.com. To compile on the VAX type
- CC NCDC.C
- and then
- LINK NCDC
- I had to add
- $ define LNK$LIBRARY "SYS$LIBRARY:VAXCRTL"
- to my login.com for this to work.
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- The Dos version is compiled and linked using Microsoft C/C++ 7.00,
- using the command
- CL NCDC.C
- So no extra optimizations were used.
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- 4. How to use NCDC.
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- Usage: NCDC infile [outfile] [/u] [/##]
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- infile The file to encode or decode.
- NCDC decodes if infile has no extension or
- an extension ENC, XXE or UUE. Otherwise NCDC
- will encode. When decoding, the decoding method
- is derived from first encoded line of infile.
- When encoding XXencoding is the default.
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- outfile Optionally override the destination. This is
- useful when the name of the original file which
- has been encoded, is invalid on the decoding
- platform.
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- /u Set encoding method to UUencode.
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- /## Sets maximum outfile size to ## kilobytes. E.g.
- NCDC test.zip /50
- could lead to test.enc, test.en2 and test.en3
- being created. If you then do
- NCDC test
- NCDC will see that test.enc is not enough, and
- automatically include test.en2 and test.en3.
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- /s This option is only available under VAX/VMS.
- By default the decoded file has Variable length format.
- Use /s to change this to Stream_LF format.
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- 5. When to use NCDC.
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- Executable files, and word processor files cannot be sent by email
- as such. They have to be encoded on one side, and decoded on the
- other side to make sure that no information is lost.
- Email often involves several types of computers, leading to several
- conversions into other character coding systems.
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- An email transmission of a document usually works like this:
- 1. compress the document <---- PKZIP,ARJ,ZOO,LHARC, etc
- 2. encode the document <---- NCDC
- 3. send it to the mainframe
- 3. email the document
- .....
- 4. document is received
- 5. download it from the mainframe
- 6. decode the document <---- NCDC
- 7. decompress the document <---- PKUNZIP,ARJ,ZOO,LHARC, etc
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- To send test.doc, for example:
- 1. PKZIP test.doc
- 2. NCDC test.zip <---- XXencode file test.zip into test.enc
- .....
- 6. NCDC test <---- XXdecode file test.enc into test.zip
- 7. PKUNZIP test
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- Altough steps 1 and 7 are optional, they are advisable in order to
- keep network transmissions at a minimum.
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- 6. License, warranty and disclaimer.
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- NCDC is written by Jurgen A. Doornik in ANSI C. Some special
- additions are made for VAX/VMS and UNIX machines.
- You may distribute NCDC given these restrictions:
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- o the program shall be supplied in its original, unmodified
- form, which includes this documentation;
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- o no fee is charged;
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- o the program may be included, or bundled, with any other
- programs/products (including for-profit products) on the
- condition that I shall receive one copy of the program/
- product (as given/sold), and an update each time NCDC
- is bundled with the update.
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- o You may use and modify the source code for personal pur-
- poses only, and on the condition that I shall receive
- a copy of the modified version.
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- For any other use contact me.
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- Jurgen Doornik INTERNET: ECONZ@UK.AC.OX.VAX
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- Institute of Economics and Statistics
- St Cross Building, Manor Road
- Oxford OX1 3UL
- United Kingdom
- FAX +44 - 865 - 271094
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- DISCLAIMER:
- I shall not be responsible for any damages or inconveniences
- incurred due to the usage of NCDC.
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- IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW WILL JURGEN DOORNIK BE
- LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST MONIES, OR
- OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE
- USE OR INABILITY TO USE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOSS OF DATA OR
- DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY THIRD PARTIES)
- THESE PROGRAMS, EVEN IF YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
- SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY.
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- 7. Revision history.
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- 26-10-92 (JAD): Released version 1.51.
- 26-10-92 (JAD): Pre/post encoding text used \n instead of
- \r\n for MSDOS.
- 04-08-92 (JAD): Released version 1.5.
- 08-04-92 (JAD): VMS specific help text restricted to VMS.
- Documented NCDC.
- 01-05-91 (AM): added smaller buffer for VMS; added /s option:
- Stream_LF decoding for VMS.
- 10-04-91 (JAD): added osize = 0 in decode; added get_start()
- because continuation files received from SIMTEL don't
- start with begin. When decodeing was expecting multiple
- of four in last line, now computes # actually expected
- (when encoding still writing multiple of four.
- 9-04-91 (JAD): changed VMS OPEN_W_ARG, added pre-ANSI C function
- headers for UNIX.
- 8-04-91 (JAD): Introduced MSDOS/VMS/UNIX versions.
- 4-04-91 (JAD): Bug fix: table was not kept when found at top of
- encoded file.
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