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uuencode(1)					    User Commands					  uuencode(1)

NAME
       uuencode - encode a file into email friendly text

SYNOPSIS
       uuencode [-flag [value]]... [--opt-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.  Specifically, 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 resulting suggested file output-name and access mode.	If the output-name is specif-
       ically /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 base 64.

	      By default, uuencode will encode using the traditional conversion.  It is slower and less compact  than
	      base  64.  The encoded form of the file is expanded by 37% for UU encoding and by 35% for base64 encod-
	      ing (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 handled well by various transmission modes,
	      you may specify that the output-name be hex encoded as well.

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

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

       -R [rcfile], --save-opts[=rcfile]
	      Save  the option state to rcfile.  The default is the last configuration file listed in the OPTION PRE-
	      SETS section, below.

       -r rcfile, --load-opts=rcfile, --no-load-opts
	      Load options from rcfile.  The no-load-opts form will disable the  loading  of  earlier  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 loading 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)

HISTORY
       The uuencode command first appeared in BSD 4.0.

AUTHORS
       Free Software Foundation, Inc.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 1994-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. all rights reserved.  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.

       The output file name must not begin with the 11 character sequence:
	   hex-encode:
       unless you specify the -h (encode-file-name) option.

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

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

GNU sharutils (4.13.3)				     06 Jan 2013					  uuencode(1)