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lib::Convert::UU

Section: User Contributed Perl Documentation (3)
Updated: perl 5.004, patch 04
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NAME

Convert::UU, uuencode, uudecode - Perl module for uuencode and uudecode

SYNOPSIS

  use Convert::UU qw(uudecode uuencode);  $encoded_string = uuencode($string,[$filename],[$mode]);  ($string,$filename,$mode) = uudecode($string);  $string = uudecode($string); # in scalar context

DESCRIPTION

uuencode() takes as the first argument a string that is to beuuencoded. Note, that it is the string that is encoded, not afilename. Alternatively a filehandle may be passed that must be openedfor reading. It returns the uuencoded string including begin andend. Second and third argument are optional and specify filename andmode. If unspecified these default to ``uuencode.uu'' and 644.

uudecode() takes a string as argument which will be uudecoded. If theargument is a filehandle this handle will be read instead. If it is areference to an ARRAY, the elements are treated like lines that form astring. Leading and trailing garbage will be ignored. The functionreturns the uudecoded string for the first begin/end pair. In arraycontext it returns an array whose first element is the uudecodedstring, the second is the filename and the third is the mode.

EXPORT

Both uudecode and uuencode are in @EXPORT_OK.

AUTHOR

Andreas Koenig <andreas.koenigAATTmind.de>. With code integratedthat was posted to USENET from Hans Mulder<hansmAATTwsinti05.win.tue.nl> and Randal L. Schwartz<merlynAATTteleport.com>.

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