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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
        !             2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
        !             3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
        !             4: .\"
        !             5: .\"    @(#)uuencode.1c 6.2 (Berkeley) 4/24/86
        !             6: .\"
        !             7: .TH UUENCODE 1C "April 24, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: uuencode, uudecode \- encode/decode a binary file for transmission via mail
        !            11: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            12: .B uuencode
        !            13: [ source ] remotedest |
        !            14: .B mail
        !            15: sys1!sys2!..!decode
        !            16: .br
        !            17: .B uudecode
        !            18: [ file ]
        !            19: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            20: .I Uuencode
        !            21: and
        !            22: .I uudecode
        !            23: are used to send a binary file via uucp (or other) mail.
        !            24: This combination can be used over indirect mail links
        !            25: even when
        !            26: .IR uusend (1C)
        !            27: is not available.
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: .I Uuencode
        !            30: takes the named source file (default standard input) and
        !            31: produces an encoded version on the standard output.
        !            32: The encoding uses only printing ASCII characters,
        !            33: and includes the mode of the file and the
        !            34: .I remotedest
        !            35: for recreation on the remote system.
        !            36: .PP
        !            37: .I Uudecode
        !            38: reads an encoded file,
        !            39: strips off any leading and trailing lines added by mailers,
        !            40: and recreates the original file with the specified mode and name.
        !            41: .PP
        !            42: The intent is that all mail to the user ``decode'' should be filtered
        !            43: through the
        !            44: .I uudecode
        !            45: program.  This way the file is created automatically
        !            46: without human intervention.
        !            47: This is possible on the uucp network by either using
        !            48: .I sendmail
        !            49: or by making
        !            50: .I rmail
        !            51: be a link to
        !            52: .I Mail
        !            53: instead of
        !            54: .IR mail .
        !            55: In each case, an alias must be created in a master file to get
        !            56: the automatic invocation of
        !            57: .IR uudecode .
        !            58: .PP
        !            59: If these facilities are not available, the file can be sent to a
        !            60: user on the remote machine who can uudecode it manually.
        !            61: .PP
        !            62: The encode file has an ordinary text form and can be edited
        !            63: by any text editor to change the mode or remote name.
        !            64: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            65: atob(n), uusend(1C), uucp(1C), uux(1C), mail(1), uuencode(5)
        !            66: .SH BUGS
        !            67: The file is expanded by 35% (3 bytes become 4 plus control information)
        !            68: causing it to take longer to transmit.
        !            69: .PP
        !            70: The user on the remote system who is invoking
        !            71: .I uudecode
        !            72: (often
        !            73: .IR uucp )
        !            74: must have write permission on the specified file.

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