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45 lines
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\section{\module{uu} ---
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Encode and decode uuencode files}
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\declaremodule{standard}{uu}
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\modulesynopsis{Encode and decode files in uuencode format.}
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\moduleauthor{Lance Ellinghouse}{}
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This module encodes and decodes files in uuencode format, allowing
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arbitrary binary data to be transferred over ascii-only connections.
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Wherever a file argument is expected, the methods accept a file-like
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object. For backwards compatibility, a string containing a pathname
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is also accepted, and the corresponding file will be opened for
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reading and writing; the pathname \code{'-'} is understood to mean the
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standard input or output. However, this interface is deprecated; it's
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better for the caller to open the file itself, and be sure that, when
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required, the mode is \code{'rb'} or \code{'wb'} on Windows or DOS.
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This code was contributed by Lance Ellinghouse, and modified by Jack
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Jansen.
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\index{Jansen, Jack}
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\index{Ellinghouse, Lance}
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The \module{uu} module defines the following functions:
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\begin{funcdesc}{encode}{in_file, out_file\optional{, name\optional{, mode}}}
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Uuencode file \var{in_file} into file \var{out_file}. The uuencoded
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file will have the header specifying \var{name} and \var{mode} as the
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defaults for the results of decoding the file. The default defaults
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are taken from \var{in_file}, or \code{'-'} and \code{0666} respectively.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{decode}{in_file\optional{, out_file\optional{, mode}}}
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This call decodes uuencoded file \var{in_file} placing the result on
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file \var{out_file}. If \var{out_file} is a pathname, \var{mode} is
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used to set the permission bits if the file must be created. Defaults
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for \var{out_file} and \var{mode} are taken from the uuencode header.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{seealso}
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\seemodule{binascii}{support module containing \ASCII{}-to-binary
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and binary-to-\ASCII{} conversions}
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\end{seealso}
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