23 lines
712 B
Groff
23 lines
712 B
Groff
.Dd January 30, 2015
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.Dt UUDECODE 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm uudecode
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.Nd decode a uuencoded file
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Ar file
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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reads file (or by default, the standard input) and writes a decoded
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version to the file specified in the uuencoded header. In case that
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the file already exists, it is truncated. Otherwise a new file is
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created. After the operation the permissions of the created/accessed
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are changed to reflect the mode in the header.
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.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES
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This version of uudecode does not currently support the base64
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encoding algorithm.
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For safety currently uudecode operates only on regular files and
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stdout. Trying to uudecode to a link, directory, or special file
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yields an error.
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