BinScii allows one to keep the data type for files, allows one to encode resource files, and allows one to process a multipiece encoded file without having to remove headers, convert line ending characters or having to order the pieces. Uu'd files cannot do any of these. -- :s :s Larry W. Virden INET: lvirden@cas.org :s Personal: 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-1614