minix man page for btoa

BTOA(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   BTOA(1)

NAME
       btoa - binary to ascii conversion

SYNOPSIS
       btoa [-adhor] [infile] [outfile]

OPTIONS
       -a     Decode, rather than encode, the file

       -d     Extracts repair file from diagnosis file

       -h     Help menu is displayed giving the options

       -o     The obsolete algorithm is used for backward compatibility

       -r     Repair a damaged file

EXAMPLES
       btoa <a.out >a.btoa # Convert a.out to ASCII

       btoa -a <a.btoa >a.out
			   # Reverse the above

DESCRIPTION
       Btoa is a filter that converts a binary file to ascii for transmission over a telephone line.  If two file names are provided, the first in
       used for input and the second for output.  If only one is provided, it is used as the input file.  The program is  a  functionally  similar
       alternative to uue/uud, but the encoding is completely different.  Since both of these are widely used, both have been provided with MINIX.
       The file is expanded about 25 percent in the process.

SEE ALSO
       uue(1), uud(1).

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