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<p>Created page with &quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Transfer Encodings |released=≤1989 }} &#039;&#039;&#039;Bencode&#039;&#039;&#039; is a Unix-centric binary-to-text encoding utility and format. The companion d...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Transfer Encodings<br /> |released=≤1989<br /> }}<br /> '''Bencode''' is a Unix-centric binary-to-text encoding utility and format. The companion decoder utility is '''bdecode'''. It was developed by Reg Quinton and Ken Lalonde.<br /> <br /> == Disambiguation ==<br /> This Bencode is not related to the [[Bencode]] associated with BitTorrent.<br /> <br /> == Identification ==<br /> Files made by known versions of the software begin with the ASCII message &quot;{{magic|Decode the following with bdecode}}&quot;.<br /> <br /> == Software ==<br /> * {{CdTextfiles|sourcecode/unix_c/mail/bncdbdcd.tar|bncdbdcd.tar}}<br /> * [https://mirrors.slackware.com/slackware/slackware-4.0/source/n/cnews/ Slackware 4.0: source/n/cnews/] → Various files, e.g. c-news.tar.gz → bencode.c, bdecode.c</div>

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