UUEncoding

UUEncoding is a process of changing any file type (e.g., .zip, .exe, .gif, .doc, etc.) into a text file which can be transmitted over a gateway in an email message, an USENET newsgroup post, or even an HTML document.

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UUEncode/UUDecode utilities

A VSL search of UUE/UUD utilities for various platforms.

Encoding and decoding on the PC

Download UUencoders (for Windows and DOS)

UUdecoders for the Mac

What and How of Uuencoding a Binary File

W3E References:

UUDecoding

is the reversal of UUEncoding, turning the UUEncoded ASCII file back into it's original form.

Detail:

Many popular Usenet newsreaders and e-mail clients have UUEncoding/Decoding functions built in. (See Usenet newsreaders and E-mail clients for a list.) There are UUEncode/Decode programs available for many computer platforms.

On a UNIX machine, UUE/D programs are often available directly from the command line. To find out if the UNIX machine you are on has encoding already - type man uuencode<ENTER> you should see a result similar to this UUEncode manpage.

To UUEncode a file from a UNIX prompt, use the following syntax:

uuencode inputfile outputfile >destfile.uue

inputfile

is the file you want to encode.

outputfile

is the filename that will be used when the destfile is UUDecoded. Usually this should be the same as the inputfile.

destfile

is the file where the UUEncoded ACSII data will be placed. This file should have .uue as it's extension to signify that it is a UUEncoded file.