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        !            20: .TH UUENCODE 1 "%Q"
        !            21: .UC 4
        !            22: .SH NAME
        !            23: uuencode, uudecode \- encode/decode a binary file
        !            24: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            25: .B uuencode
        !            26: [ file ] name
        !            27: .br
        !            28: .B uudecode
        !            29: [ file ... ]
        !            30: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            31: .I Uuencode
        !            32: and
        !            33: .I uudecode
        !            34: are used to transmit binary files over transmission mediums
        !            35: that do not support other than simple ASCII data.
        !            36: .PP
        !            37: .I Uuencode
        !            38: reads
        !            39: .I file
        !            40: (or by default the standard input) and writes an encoded version
        !            41: to the standard output.
        !            42: The encoding uses only printing ASCII characters and includes the
        !            43: mode of the file and the operand
        !            44: .I name
        !            45: for use by
        !            46: .IR uudecode .
        !            47: .PP
        !            48: .I Uudecode
        !            49: transforms
        !            50: .I uuencoded
        !            51: files (or by default, the standard input) into the original form.
        !            52: The resulting file is named
        !            53: .IR name
        !            54: and will have the mode of the original file except that setuid
        !            55: and execute bits are not retained.
        !            56: .I Uudecode
        !            57: ignores any leading and trailing lines.
        !            58: .SH EXAMPLES
        !            59: The following example packages up a source tree, compresses it,
        !            60: uuencodes it and mails it to a user on another system.
        !            61: When
        !            62: .I uudecode
        !            63: is run on the target system, the file ``src_tree.tar.Z'' will be
        !            64: created which may then be uncompressed and extracted into the original
        !            65: tree.
        !            66: .sp
        !            67: .in +5
        !            68: tar cf - src_tree | compress | uuencode src_tree.tar.Z | mail sys1!sys2!user
        !            69: .sp
        !            70: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            71: compress(1), mail(1), uucp(1), uuencode.format(5)
        !            72: .SH BUGS
        !            73: The encoded form of the file is expanded by 35% (3 bytes become 4 plus
        !            74: control information).

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