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- UUENCODE(1) USER COMMANDS UUENCODE(1)
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- NAME
- uuencode,uudecode - encode/decode a binary file for
- transmission via mail
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- SYNOPSIS
- uuencode [ source ] remotedest | mail sys1!sys2!..!decode
- uudecode [ file ]
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- DESCRIPTION
- Uuencode and uudecode are used to send a binary file via
- uucp (or other) mail. This combination can be used over
- indirect mail links even when uusend(1C) is not available.
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- Uuencode takes the named source file (default standard
- input) and produces an encoded version on the standard out-
- put. The encoding uses only printing ASCII characters, and
- includes the mode of the file and the remotedest for recrea-
- tion on the remote system.
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- Uudecode reads an encoded file, strips off any leading and
- trailing lines added by mailers, and recreates the original
- file with the specified mode and name.
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- The intent is that all mail to the user ``decode'' should be
- filtered through the uudecode program. This way the file is
- created automatically without human intervention. This is
- possible on the uucp network by either using sendmail or by
- making rmail be a link to Mail instead of mail. In each
- case, an alias must be created in a master file to get the
- automatic invocation of uudecode.
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- If these facilities are not available, the file can be sent
- to a user on the remote machine who can uudecode it manu-
- ally.
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- The encode file has an ordinary text form and can be edited
- by any text editor to change the mode or remote name.
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- SEE ALSO
- uuencode(5), uusend(1C), uucp(1C), uux(1C), mail(1)
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- AUTHOR
- Mark Horton
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- BUGS
- The file is expanded by 35% (3 bytes become 4 plus control
- information) causing it to take longer to transmit.
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- The user on the remote system who is invoking uudecode
- (often uucp) must have write permission on the specified
- file.
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- Sun Release 4.0 Last change: 1 June 1980 1
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