ABOUT SPSTRIP 1.0

Tired of downloading huge multipart uuencoded files to your PC and then having
to edit them by hand before uudecoding them? If you are then SPstrip may be
for you.

SPstrip is a command line uuencoded file preprocessor that runs on the PC under 
DOS (MS or DR/Novell). SPstrip will only process a single file at a time, but 
that file may be made up of several files internally. These internal files MUST
be in their proper order.

For example, suppose you download three parts of a uuencoded file. In DOS you 
should combine them as follows,

	copy file1.uue+file2.uue+file3.uue result.uue

Now the file result.uue is ready for processing as follows,

	spstrip result.uue output.uue

And that's it! If you get your files from USENET (a.k.a. NETNEWS) you can 
concatenate the parts before you download them from within your newsreader. On 
NETNEWS under CMS I just nnsave the parts in order to the same file. USENET 
under UNIX may have similar commands.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

DOS 3.3 or later (SPstrip was developed under DR-DOS 6.0)
DOS uudecode utility to decode the stripped output file

ABOUT SHADE PLANET SOFTWARE

Right now Shade Planet Software is just me! My dream is to eventually build it 
into a real business writing programs running under GeoWorks first and Windows
a bit later (a very steep curve!). SPstrip 1.0 is FREEWARE, so don't send
me any money.But I would like to hear any comments you may have. Remember, use 
SPstrip at YOUR OWN RISK! Shade Planet Software makes no implied or explicit
guarantees.

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Shade Planet Software
Thomas McKibben II
tommck@aol.com