to uuencpode something is to take it from binary and convert it to text.
tar is a grouping of files made by the (un*x/Linux) tar.

Andrew

On Tue, 28 Mar 2000 13:42:03 -0800 "James R. Cunningham"
<jrccea@BELLSOUTH.NET> writes:
> Folks,
>
> Sorry to show my ignorance (but not sorry enough to avoid doing so).
>
> What's a 'uuencoded tar file' ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim

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