> hi james!
 >> begin 644 masm2gas.zip
 >> M4$L#!!0````(`-F`NB#)Q5YH`0<``$82```,````;6%S;3)G87,N  Would you tell me what the number "644" is used for? I seen there is
 >  different number from a software author to another.
 >  Or anyone that could answer me.
It's the file attributes (Unix style).  "644" or "600" is pretty harmless, 
even in Unix.  Most DOS implementations of uudecode don't bother with the 
attributes at all, but that sort of thing can be _very_ important in the Unix 
world.
David Kirschbaum
Toad Hall
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