Index: uuencode.1 =================================================================== RCS file: /sources/sharutils/sharutils/doc/uuencode.1,v retrieving revision 1.5 diff -u -r1.5 uuencode.1 --- uuencode.1 7 Jun 2007 03:53:47 -0000 1.5 +++ uuencode.1 30 Aug 2009 16:43:22 -0000 @@ -45,31 +45,28 @@ .I Uuencode and .I uudecode -are used to transmit binary files over transmission mediums -that do not support other than simple -ASCII -data. +are used to transmit binary files over channels that support only +simple ASCII data. .PP .I Uuencode reads .I file -(or by default the standard input) and writes an encoded version -to the standard output. -The encoding uses only printing -ASCII -characters and includes the -mode of the file and the operand +(or by default the standard input) and writes an encoded version to +the standard output, using only printable ASCII characters. +The encoded output begins with a header, for use by +.IR uudecode , +which records the mode of the input file and suggests .I name -for use by -.I uudecode. -If +for the decoded file that will be created. (If .I name is .I /dev/stdout -the result will be written to standard output. By default the standard -UU encoding format will be used. If the option +then +.I uudecode +will decode to standard output.) The encoding has the format +documented at uuencode(5), unless the option .I \-m -is given on the command line +is given, when .B base64 encoding is used instead. .PP @@ -96,8 +93,8 @@ .I name is /dev/stdout the result will be written to standard output. .I Uudecode -ignores any leading and trailing lines. The program can automatically decide -which of the two supported encoding schemes are used. +ignores any leading and trailing lines. The program determines from the +header which of the two supported encoding schemes was used. .SH EXAMPLES The following example packages up a source tree, compresses it, uuencodes it and mails it to a user on another system.
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