1 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1993
2 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
4 .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5 .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
7 .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
8 .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
9 .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
10 .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
11 .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
12 .\" 3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this software
13 .\" must display the following acknowledgement:
14 .\" This product includes software developed by the University of
15 .\" California, Berkeley and its contributors.
16 .\" 4. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
17 .\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
18 .\" without specific prior written permission.
20 .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
21 .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
22 .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
23 .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
24 .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
25 .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
26 .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
27 .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
28 .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
29 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
32 .\" @(#)uuencode.format.5 8.2 (Berkeley) 1/12/94
33 .\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.format.5,v 1.8.2.4 2001/10/18 10:27:01 ru Exp $
34 .\" $DragonFly: src/usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.format.5,v 1.2 2003/06/17 04:29:33 dillon Exp $
41 .Nd format of an encoded uuencode file
45 consist of a header line,
46 followed by a number of body lines,
51 will ignore any lines preceding the header or
52 following the trailer.
53 Lines preceding a header must not, of course,
56 The header line is distinguished by having the first
59 (note the trailing space).
62 is followed by a mode (in octal),
63 and a string which names the remote file.
64 A space separates the three items in the header line.
66 The body consists of a number of lines, each at most 62 characters
67 long (including the trailing newline).
68 These consist of a character count,
69 followed by encoded characters,
70 followed by a newline.
71 The character count is a single printing character,
72 and represents an integer, the number of bytes
73 the rest of the line represents.
74 Such integers are always in the range from 1 to 45 or 64 and can
75 be determined by subtracting the character space (octal 40)
77 Character 64 represents a count of zero.
79 Groups of 3 bytes are stored in 4 characters, 6 bits per character.
80 All characters are always in range from 1 to 64 and are offset by a
81 space (octal 40) to make the characters printing.
83 64 represents a count of zero.
84 The last line may be shorter than the normal 45 bytes.
85 If the size is not a multiple of 3, this fact can be determined
86 by the value of the count on the last line.
87 Extra null characters will be included to make the character count a multiple
89 The body is terminated by a line with a count of zero.
90 This line consists of one
92 backquote (octal 140) character.
94 The trailer line consists of
105 file format appeared in
107 .\" It was named uuencode.5 prior to 4.3