60 lines
1.4 KiB
Groff
60 lines
1.4 KiB
Groff
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UUE(1) Minix Programmer's Manual UUE(1)
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NAME
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uue, uuencode - encode a binary file to ASCII (e.g., for mailing)
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SYNOPSIS
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uue [-n] file [-]
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OPTIONS
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-n How many lines to put in each file
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EXAMPLES
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uue file # Encode file to file.uue
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uue file - >x # Encode file and write on stdout
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uue -800 file # Output on file.uaa, file.uab etc.
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DESCRIPTION
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Uuencode is a famous program that converts an arbitrary (usually binary)
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file to an encoding using only 64 ASCII characters. Uudecode converts it
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back to the original file. The uue and uud programs are the MINIX
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versions of these programs, and are compatible with the UNIX ones. The
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files produced can even be sent successfully over BITNET, which is
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notorious for mangling files. It is possible to have uue automatically
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split the encoded file up into small chunks. The output files then get
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the suffixes .uaa, .uab, etc., instead of .uue. When uud is given
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file.uaa to decode, it automatically includes the subsequent pieces. The
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encoding takes 3 bytes (24 bits) from the input file and renders it as 4
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bytes in the output file.
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SEE ALSO
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btoa(1), uud(1).
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