Uuencoding

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== Software ==
 
== Software ==
 
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/ GNU sharutils]: <code>uuencode</code>, <code>uudecode</code>
 
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/ GNU sharutils]: <code>uuencode</code>, <code>uudecode</code>
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== See also ==
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* [[Xxencoding]]
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* [[yEnc]]
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==

Revision as of 17:06, 7 September 2014

File Format
Name Uuencoding
Ontology
Extension(s) .uue, .uu

Uuencoding is a way to encode binary data as plain text, suitable for inclusion in an e-mail message or Usenet message.

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The header line starts with "begin", followed by a Unix file permission code and a filename.

Each line of data begins with a character indicating the line length. Since lines have a standard length, all lines except the last one begin with "M".

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