ABE
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
ABE is binary-to-text transfer encoding utility and format, developed by Brad Templeton. It converts an arbitrary file to an ASCII text format suitable for Usenet or email. It is Unix-centric, though intended to be portable.
The encoding is usually written all caps as "ABE". The software may be written "abe" or "Abe".
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Identification
The format has no clear signature, though the string "##S" will appear somewhere near the beginning of the payload data.
Files made by the original software start with two comment lines:
;ABE ASCII-Binary-Encoding (by Brad Templeton) ;Use 'sort' and/or 'dabe' to decode
And end with:
;End of ABE encoding
Specifications
- Refer to the "abeformat" file included with the source code.
Software
- Source code: Author's home page → "ABE" → abe.tar.Z
- ABE.ZIP - DOS version
- abe.tar - An older version
