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        !            36: .Dd June 6, 1993
        !            37: .Dt UUENCODE 1
        !            38: .Os BSD 4
        !            39: .Sh NAME
        !            40: .Nm uuencode ,
        !            41: .Nm uudecode
        !            42: .Nd encode/decode a binary file
        !            43: .Sh SYNOPSIS
        !            44: .Nm uuencode
        !            45: .Op Ar file
        !            46: .Ar name
        !            47: .Nm uudecode
        !            48: .Op Ar file ...
        !            49: .Sh DESCRIPTION
        !            50: .Nm Uuencode
        !            51: and
        !            52: .Nm uudecode
        !            53: are used to transmit binary files over transmission mediums
        !            54: that do not support other than simple
        !            55: .Tn ASCII
        !            56: data.
        !            57: .Pp
        !            58: .Nm Uuencode
        !            59: reads
        !            60: .Ar file
        !            61: (or by default the standard input) and writes an encoded version
        !            62: to the standard output.
        !            63: The encoding uses only printing
        !            64: .Tn ASCII
        !            65: characters and includes the
        !            66: mode of the file and the operand
        !            67: .Ar name
        !            68: for use by
        !            69: .Nm uudecode .
        !            70: .Pp
        !            71: .Nm Uudecode
        !            72: transforms
        !            73: .Em uuencoded
        !            74: files (or by default, the standard input) into the original form.
        !            75: The resulting file is named
        !            76: .Ar name
        !            77: and will have the mode of the original file except that setuid
        !            78: and execute bits are not retained.
        !            79: .Nm Uudecode
        !            80: ignores any leading and trailing lines.
        !            81: .Sh EXAMPLES
        !            82: The following example packages up a source tree, compresses it,
        !            83: uuencodes it and mails it to a user on another system.
        !            84: When
        !            85: .Nm uudecode
        !            86: is run on the target system, the file ``src_tree.tar.Z'' will be
        !            87: created which may then be uncompressed and extracted into the original
        !            88: tree.
        !            89: .Pp
        !            90: .Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
        !            91: tar cf \- src_tree \&| compress \&|
        !            92: uuencode src_tree.tar.Z \&| mail sys1!sys2!user
        !            93: .Ed
        !            94: .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
        !            95: The
        !            96: .Nm uudecode
        !            97: and
        !            98: .Nm uuencode
        !            99: utilities exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
        !           100: .Sh SEE ALSO
        !           101: .Xr compress 1 ,
        !           102: .Xr mail 1 ,
        !           103: .Xr uucp 1 ,
        !           104: .Xr uuencode 5 ,
        !           105: .Xr format 5
        !           106: .Sh STANDARDS
        !           107: The
        !           108: .Nm uudecode
        !           109: and
        !           110: .Nm uuencode
        !           111: utilities conform to
        !           112: .St -p1003.2-92 .
        !           113: .Sh HISTORY
        !           114: The
        !           115: .Nm uudecode
        !           116: and
        !           117: .Nm uuencode
        !           118: utilities appeared in
        !           119: .Bx 4.0 .
        !           120: .Sh BUGS
        !           121: The encoded form of the file is expanded by 35% (3 bytes become 4 plus
        !           122: control information).