uuencode

uuencode(1)                      User Commands                     uuencode(1)

NAME
       uuencode - encode a file into email friendly text

SYNOPSIS
       uuencode  [-flags]  [-flag  [value]]  [--option-name[[=| ]value]] [<in-
       file>] <output-name>

DESCRIPTION
       uuencode is used to create an ASCII representation of a file  that  can
       be  sent  over  channels that may otherwise corrupt the data.  Specifi-
       cally, email cannot handle binary data and will  often  even  insert  a
       character when the six character sequence "0rom " is seen.

       uuencode  will  read  in-file  if provided and otherwise read data from
       standard in and write the encoded form to  standard  out.   The  output
       will begin with a header line for use by uudecode giving it the result-
       ing suggested file output-name and access mode.  If the output-name  is
       specifically  /dev/stdout,  then uudecode will emit the decoded file to
       standard out.

       Note: uuencode uses buffered input and assumes  that  it  is  not  hand
       typed  from  a  tty.  The consequence is that at a tty, you may need to
       hit Ctl-D several times to terminate input.

OPTIONS
       -m, --base64
              convert using base64.

              By default, uuencode will encode using the  traditional  conver-
              sion.   It  is slower and less compact than base64.  The encoded
              form of the file is expanded by 37% for UU encoding and  by  35%
              for base64 encoding (3 bytes become 4 plus control information).

       -e, --encode-file-name
              encode the output file name.

              Since output file names may contain characters that are not han-
              dled well by various transmission modes, you  may  specify  that
              the  output-name  be base64 encoded as well.  (Traditional uuen-
              coding of the file name is not supported.)

       -h, --help
              Display usage information and exit.

       -!, --more-help
              Pass the extended usage information through a pager.

       -R [cfgfile], --save-opts [=cfgfile]
              Save the option state to cfgfile.  The default is the last  con-
              figuration  file  listed  in  the OPTION PRESETS section, below.
              The command will exit after updating the config file.

       -r cfgfile, --load-opts=cfgfile, --no-load-opts
              Load options from cfgfile.  The no-load-opts form  will  disable
              the  loading  of earlier config/rc/ini files.  --no-load-opts is
              handled early, out of order.

       -v [{v|c|n --version [{v|c|n}]}]
              Output version of program and exit.  The default mode is `v',  a
              simple  version.   The `c' mode will print copyright information
              and `n' will print the full copyright notice.

OPTION PRESETS
       Any option that is not marked as not presettable may be preset by load-
       ing  values  from  configuration  ("RC"  or  ".INI") file(s).  The file
       "$HOME/.sharrc" will be used, if present.

STANDARDS
       This implementation is compliant with P1003.2b/D11.

FILES
       See OPTION PRESETS for configuration files.

EXIT STATUS
       One of the following exit values will be returned:

       0  (EXIT_SUCCESS)
              Successful program execution.

       1  (EXIT_FAILURE)
              The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.

       66  (EX_NOINPUT)
              A specified configuration file could not be loaded.

       70  (EX_SOFTWARE)
              libopts had an internal operational error.  Please report it  to
              autogen-users@lists.sourceforge.net.  Thank you.

SEE ALSO
       uudecode(1), uuencode(5)

HISTORY
       The uuencode command first appeared in BSD 4.0.

AUTHORS
       Free Software Foundation, Inc.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  (C)  1994-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc. all rights re-
       served.  This program is released under the terms of  the  GNU  General
       Public License, version 3 or later.

BUGS
       Please  put  sharutils in the subject line for emailed bug reports.  It
       helps to spot the message.

       Please send bug reports to: bug-gnu-utils@gnu.org

NOTES
       This manual page was AutoGen-erated from the  uuencode  option  defini-
       tions.

GNU sharutils (4.15.2)            30 May 2015                      uuencode(1)