The following example illustrates a typical scenario:
SUE@SAMPLE.COM wants to send an executable program to
BOB@EXAMPLE.COM. To do this, Sue might issue the following
two commands:
$ PMDF ENCODE/ENCODING=BASE64 PROGRAM.EXE PROGRAM.TXT
$ MAIL/SUBJECT="Bob, here's the program" PROGRAM.TXT
"IN%""BOB@EXAMPLE.COM"""
When Bob receives this mail message he should issue the
following commands:
$ MAIL
MAIL> EXTRACT/NOHEADER PROGRAM.TXT
MAIL> EXIT
$ ! Remove any extra material at the beginning and ending of the file.
$ PMDF DECODE/ENCODING=BASE64 PROGRAM.TXT PROGRAM.EXE
After decoding the file, Bob can now proceed to run
PROGRAM.EXE.
Note that Sue could also have used PMDF MAIL's SEND command to
bypass the need to use PMDF ENCODE in the first place.