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<p>Created page with &quot;{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=Transfer Encodings |released=≤1989 }} &#039;&#039;&#039;c7encode&#039;&#039;&#039; is a Unix-centric binary-to-text encoding utility and format. The companion ...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Transfer Encodings<br /> |released=≤1989<br /> }}<br /> '''c7encode''' is a Unix-centric binary-to-text encoding utility and format. The companion decoder utility is '''c7decode'''.<br /> <br /> Quoting from Cnews's NEWSBATCH(8) man page:<br /> <br /> C7encode encodes 8-bit data from standard input into a 7-bit<br /> form optimized for transmission by [[UUCP|uucp]] ‘f’ protocol. The<br /> encoding is complex and bizarre.<br /> <br /> == Software ==<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 → c7encode.c, c7decode.c</div>

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