> uuencoding is rooted in unix, and 644 represents a file
 > permission.
 > It is more-or-less a text file permission. 755 would be an
 > executable.
 Great! i didn't know that. But curiously i changed the number 644 for
 say 755 even 111 and the file has been rebuild correct. Maybe its just a
 unix flavor like you seem to mention. Everyting looks normal on dos plat
 form.
thanks for this information James!
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