uuencode or uudecode Command
  
  
  Purpose
  
  Encodes or decodes a binary file for transmission using electron-
  ic mail.
  
   Syntax
  
  uuencode [ SourceFile ] RemoteFile
  
  uudecode [ InFile ]
  
  Description
  
  The uuencode command converts a binary file to ASCII data before
  using BNU (or uucp) mail to send  the  file  to  a remote system.
  The uudecode command converts ASCII data created by the uuencode
  command back into its original binary form.
  
  The uuencode command takes the named SourceFile (default standard
  input)  and  produces an encoded version on the standard  output.
  The encoding uses only printable ASCII characters,  and  includes
  the mode of the file and the RemoteFile filename used for recrea-
  tion of the binary image on the remote system.
  
  To decode a file, the file should be submitted as input to the
  uudecode program.  The uudecode command reads an encoded file,
  strips off  leading  and trailing lines added by mailers, and re-
  creates the original file  with  the  specified  mode  and  name.
  Decoding a file causes the result to be automatically saved to  a
  file.  The file name is identical to the remote file argument or-
  iginally supplied to the uuencode command.
  
  Examples
  
  1.	To encode a file on the local system and send it to a user on
  another system, using the mail program, enter:
  
  uuencode unix unix | mail jsmith@mysys
  
  The file unix will be encoded and mailed to user jsmith on sys-
  tem mysys.
  
  2.	To encode a file on your local system, enter:
  
  uuencode /usr/lib/boot/unix pigmy.goat > /tmp/con
  
  The file /usr/lib/boot/unix will be encoded as pigmy.goat and
  placed in the /tmp/con file.
  
  3.	To decode this file on a local system, enter:
  
  uudecode /tmp/con
  
  The file /tmp/con will be decoded and copied to pigmy.goat.  The
  file pigmy.goat will be identical to the originally encoded file
  /usr/lib/boot/unix.
  
  Implementation Specifics
  
  These commands are part of the Basic Networking Utilities Program
  (BNU) in BOS Extensions 1.
  
  Files
  
  /usr/bin/uuencode	Path name of the uuencode command.
  
  /usr/bin/uudecode	Path name of the uudecode command.
  
  Related Information
  
  The  mail command,  rmail command,  sendmail command,  uucp com-
  mand,  uusend command,  uux command.