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<TITLE>btoa(1)</TITLE>
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<H1>btoa(1)</H1>
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<H2>NAME</H2><PRE>
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btoa - binary to ascii conversion
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>btoa</STRONG> [<STRONG>-adhor</STRONG>] [<EM>infile</EM>] [<EM>outfile</EM>]
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>-a</STRONG> Decode, rather than encode, the file
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<STRONG>-d</STRONG> Extracts repair file from diagnosis file
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<STRONG>-h</STRONG> Help menu is displayed giving the options
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<STRONG>-o</STRONG> The obsolete algorithm is used for backward compatibility
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<STRONG>-r</STRONG> Repair a damaged file
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<H2>EXAMPLES</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG>btoa</STRONG> <STRONG><a.out</STRONG> <STRONG>>a.btoa</STRONG> # Convert <EM>a</EM>.<EM>out</EM> to ASCII
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<STRONG>btoa</STRONG> <STRONG>-a</STRONG> <STRONG><a.btoa</STRONG> <STRONG>>a.out</STRONG>
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# Reverse the above
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2><PRE>
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<EM>Btoa</EM> is a filter that converts a binary file to ascii for transmission
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over a telephone line. If two file names are provided, the first in used
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for input and the second for output. If only one is provided, it is used
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as the input file. The program is a functionally similar alternative to
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<EM>uue</EM>/<EM>uud</EM>, but the encoding is completely different. Since both of these
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are widely used, both have been provided with MINIX. The file is
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expanded about 25 percent in the process.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2><PRE>
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<STRONG><A HREF="../man1/uue.1.html">uue(1)</A></STRONG>, <STRONG><A HREF="../man1/uud.1.html">uud(1)</A></STRONG>.
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