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version 1.4, 1998/08/31 02:13:43

version 1.5, 1998/10/30 00:24:42

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.Op Fl p

.Op Ar file ...

.Sh DESCRIPTION

.Nm Uuencode

.Nm uuencode

and

.Nm uudecode

are used to transmit binary files over transmission mediums

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.Tn ASCII

data.

.Pp

.Nm Uuencode

.Nm uuencode

reads

.Ar file

(or by default the standard input) and writes an encoded version

(or by default, the standard input) and writes an encoded version

to the standard output.

The encoding uses only printing

.Tn ASCII

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for use by

.Nm uudecode .

.Pp

.Nm Uudecode

.Nm uudecode

transforms

.Em uuencoded

.Dq uuencoded

files (or by default, the standard input) into the original form.

The resulting file is named

.Ar name

and will have the mode of the original file except that setuid

and will have the mode of the original file except that set-user-ID

and execute bits are not retained. If the

.Fl p

option is specified, the output will instead be written to stdout.

.Nm Uudecode

.Nm uudecode

ignores any leading and trailing lines.

.Sh EXAMPLES

The following example packages up a source tree, compresses it,

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.Nm uudecode

and

.Nm uuencode

utilities exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

utilities exit 0 on success or >0 if an error occurred.

.Sh SEE ALSO

.Xr compress 1 ,

.Xr mail 1 ,