NAME

       uuencode - encode a file into email friendly text

SYNOPSIS

       uuencode [-flags] [-flag [value]] [--option-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 specifically /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 base64.

       By default, uuencode will encode using the traditional conversion.  It is slower and less compact than
       base64.  The encoded form of the file is expanded by 37% for UU encoding and by 35% for base64 encoding
       (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 base64 encoded as well.  (Traditional uuencoding of the file name
       is not supported.)

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

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

       -R [cfgfile], --save-opts [=cfgfile] Save the option state to cfgfile.  The default is the last
       configuration file listed in the OPTION PRESETS section, below.  The command will exit after updating the
       config file.

       -r cfgfile, --load-opts=cfgfile, --no-load-opts Load options from cfgfile.  The no-load-opts form will
       disable the loading of earlier config/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), uuencode(5)

HISTORY

       The uuencode command first appeared in BSD 4.0.

AUTHORS

       Free Software Foundation, Inc.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1994-2015 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.

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

NOTES

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

GNU sharutils (4.15.2)                             30 May 2015                                       uuencode(1)