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- UUENCODE(1C) USER COMMANDS UUENCODE(1C)
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- NAME
- uuencode,uudecode - encode/decode a binary file for
- transmission via mail
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- SYNOPSIS
- uuencode source [ [output-file] | [| mail sys1!sys2!..!decode] ]
- uudecode [ file ]
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- DESCRIPTION
- _U_u_e_n_c_o_d_e and _u_u_d_e_c_o_d_e are used to send a binary file via
- uucp (or other) mail. This combination can be used over
- indirect mail links even when _u_u_s_e_n_d(1C) is not available.
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- _U_u_e_n_c_o_d_e takes the named source file and produces an encoded
- version on the standard output. The encoding uses only
- printing ASCII characters, and includes the mode of the
- source file for recreation on the remote system. Option-
- ally, the output filename for the encoded file may be speci-
- fied on the command-line, or the output may be piped to
- another command like _m_a_i_l.
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- _U_u_d_e_c_o_d_e 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 _s_e_n_d_m_a_i_l or by
- making _r_m_a_i_l be a link to _M_a_i_l instead of _m_a_i_l. 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-
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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 _u_u_d_e_c_o_d_e
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