66 lines
1.1 KiB
Plaintext
66 lines
1.1 KiB
Plaintext
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Command: btoa - binary to ascii conversion
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Syntax: btoa [-adhor] [infile] [outfile]
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Flags: -a Decode, rather than encode, the file
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-d Extracts repair file from diagnosis file
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-h Help menu is displayed giving the options
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-o The obsolete algorithm is used for backward compatibility
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-r Repair a damaged file
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Examples: btoa <a.out >a.btoa # Convert a.out to ASCII
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btoa -a <a.btoa >a.out # Reverse the above
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Btoa is a filter that converts a binary file to ascii for
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transmission over a telephone line. If two file names are provided, the
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first in used for input and the second for output. If only one is
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provided, it is used as the input file. The program is a functionally
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similar alternative to uue/uud, but the encoding is completely
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different. Since both of these are widely used, both have been provided
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with MINIX. The file is expanded about 25 percent in the process.
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