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| 1 | .TH UUE 1
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| 2 | .SH NAME
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| 3 | uue, uuencode \- encode a binary file to ASCII (e.g., for mailing)
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| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS
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| 5 | \fBuue\fR [\fB\-\fIn\fR] \fIfile\fR [\fB\-\fR]\fR
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| 6 | .br
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| 7 | .de FL
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| 8 | .TP
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| 9 | \\fB\\$1\\fR
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| 10 | \\$2
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| 11 | ..
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| 12 | .de EX
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| 13 | .TP 20
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| 14 | \\fB\\$1\\fR
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| 15 | # \\$2
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| 16 | ..
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| 17 | .SH OPTIONS
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| 18 | .FL "\-\fIn\fR" "How many lines to put in each file"
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| 19 | .SH EXAMPLES
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| 20 | .EX "uue file" "Encode \fIfile\fR to \fIfile.uue\fR"
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| 21 | .EX "uue file \- >x" "Encode \fIfile\fR and write on \fIstdout\fR"
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| 22 | .EX "uue \-800 file" "Output on \fIfile.uaa\fR, \fIfile.uab\fR etc."
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| 23 | .SH DESCRIPTION
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| 24 | .PP
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| 25 | \fIUuencode\fR is a famous program that converts an arbitrary (usually binary)
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| 26 | file to an encoding using only 64 ASCII characters.
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| 27 | \fIUudecode\fR converts it back to the original file.
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| 28 | The \fIuue\fR and \fIuud\fR programs are the
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| 29 | \s-1MINIX 3\s-1
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| 30 | versions of these programs, and are compatible with the \s-2UNIX\s0 ones.
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| 31 | The files produced can even be sent successfully over BITNET, which is
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| 32 | notorious for mangling files.
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| 33 | It is possible to have \fIuue\fR automatically split the encoded file up
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| 34 | into small chunks.
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| 35 | The output files then get the suffixes \fI.uaa\fR, \fI.uab\fR, etc., instead
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| 36 | of \fI.uue\fR.
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| 37 | When \fIuud\fR is given \fIfile.uaa\fR to decode, it automatically includes
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| 38 | the subsequent pieces.
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| 39 | The encoding takes 3 bytes (24 bits) from the input file and renders it
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| 40 | as 4 bytes in the output file.
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| 41 | .SH "SEE ALSO"
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| 42 | .BR btoa (1),
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| 43 | .BR uud (1).
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