uudecode
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NAME
uuencode - encode a binary file
uudecode - decode a file created by uuencode
SYNOPSIS
uuencode [ file ] name
uudecode [ file ]...
DESCRIPTION
Uuencode and uudecode are used to transmit binary files
over transmission mediums that do not support other than
simple ASCII data.
Uuencode reads file (or by default the standard input) and
writes an encoded version to the standard output. The
encoding uses only printing ASCII characters and includes
the mode of the file and the operand name for use by uude-
code .
Uudecode transforms uuencoded files (or by default, the
standard input) into the original form. The resulting
file is named name and will have the mode of the original
file except that setuid and execute bits are not retained.
Uudecode ignores any leading and trailing lines.
EXAMPLES
The following example packages up a source tree, com-
presses it, uuencodes it and mails it to a user on another
system. When uudecode is run on the target system, the
file ``src_tree.tar.Z'' will be created which may then be
uncompressed and extracted into the original tree.
tar cf - src_tree | compress | uuencode
src_tree.tar.Z | mail sys1!sys2!user
SEE ALSO
compress(1), mail(1), uucp(1), uuencode(5)
BUGS
The encoded form of the file is expanded by 35% (3 bytes
become 4 plus control information).
HISTORY
The uuencode command appeared in BSD 4.0.
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