YEnc
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== Identification == | == Identification == | ||
A yEnc-encoded file is delimited by lines that begin with "<code>=ybegin</code>" and "<code>=yend</code>". | A yEnc-encoded file is delimited by lines that begin with "<code>=ybegin</code>" and "<code>=yend</code>". | ||
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+ | == Software == | ||
+ | * [http://yydecode.sourceforge.net/ yydecode] | ||
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+ | == Sample files == | ||
+ | * {{DexvertSamples|archive/yEnc}} | ||
== Links == | == Links == |
Latest revision as of 02:54, 28 December 2023
yEnc is a transfer encoding used for attaching files to Usenet newsgroup messages (and, rarely, e-mail and other kinds of messages). It is a more size-efficient alternative to Uuencoding.
It is justly characterized as "quick and dirty", requiring crude Uuencoding-style heuristics to detect it, instead of utilizing the robust-but-complex MIME standard that predates it.
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[edit] Specifications
yEncode - A quick and dirty encoding for binaries v1.2 (.txt file)
[edit] Identification
A yEnc-encoded file is delimited by lines that begin with "=ybegin
" and "=yend
".