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NAME

uuencode - encode a binary file

SYNOPSIS

uuencode [ options ] [ [ file ] decode-file ]

DESCRIPTION

uuencode writes an encoded version of the named input file, or the standard input if no file is specified, to the standard output. decode-file is the name stored in the encoded output header. This is the default name that will be used by uudecode when decoding.

OPTIONS

-h, --header
Write header and trailer sequences to the encoded output. The header for some encoding formats may contain file name and access infomation. On by default; -h means --noheader.
-l, --list
List the encoding method names on the standard output.
-o, --output=file
Write the output data into file instead of the standard output.
-t, --text
The input file is a text file that requires \n => \r\n translation on encoding.
-x, --method=method
Specifies the encoding method:
posix|uuencode
ucb|bsd
mime|base64
quoted-printable|qp
binhex|mac-binhex
-b
Equivalent to --method=binhex.
-m
Equivalent to --method=mime.
-q
Equivalent to --method=quoted-printable.
-u
Equivalent to --method=ucb.

SEE ALSO

mailx(1), uudecode(1)

IMPLEMENTATION

version
uuencode (AT&T Research) 2002-03-24
author
Glenn Fowler <gsf@research.att.com>
author
David Korn <dgk@research.att.com>
copyright
Copyright © 1992-2008 AT&T Intellectual Property
license
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.txt