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1.1     ! root        1: .TH UUENCODE 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: uuencode, uudecode \- encode/decode a binary file for
        !             4: transmission via mail
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B uuencode
        !             7: [
        !             8: .I file
        !             9: ]
        !            10: .I remotedest
        !            11: .br
        !            12: .B uudecode
        !            13: [
        !            14: .I file 
        !            15: ]
        !            16: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            17: These routines are useful for sending binary files by
        !            18: .IR mail (1).
        !            19: .PP
        !            20: .I Uuencode
        !            21: places on the standard output an encoded version of the named
        !            22: .I file
        !            23: (standard input by default).
        !            24: The encoding, which uses only printing ASCII characters,
        !            25: includes the mode of the file and a name 
        !            26: .I remotedest
        !            27: into which it will be decoded.
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: .I Uudecode
        !            30: reads encoded data from a
        !            31: .I file
        !            32: or from the standard input and recreates the
        !            33: original data with the mode and name given in the file.
        !            34: As the encoded file is ordinary text, the name or
        !            35: mode can be changed by editing.
        !            36: .PP
        !            37: An encoded file contains noise lines, a header line, data,
        !            38: trailer, and more noise in that order.
        !            39: The header contains
        !            40: .LR begin ,
        !            41: the octal mode, and the remote name separated by spaces.
        !            42: Each data line contains a count in the range 0-63, encoded
        !            43: as a single byte with value offset by 040 (space), followed
        !            44: by the encoding of that many bytes of source.
        !            45: 24-bit (3-byte) segments of source are
        !            46: coded in 4 6-bit pieces, again represented in
        !            47: offset-040 code.
        !            48: The trailer is a data line with count 0 and then
        !            49: the line
        !            50: .LR end .
        !            51: .B SEE ALSO
        !            52: .IR uucp (1),
        !            53: .IR mail (1)
        !            54: .SH BUGS
        !            55: The interface is meretricious.
        !            56: The remote name should be decided by
        !            57: the recipient, not the sender.
        !            58: The command
        !            59: .L uuencode myfile
        !            60: does not encode
        !            61: .L myfile ,
        !            62: but rather reads from standard input.

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