Uuencoding - Revision history

Anonymoususer852: Add reference to uuencode, and its role in binary file distribution in usenet. Add actual sample that contains uuencoded file inside a usenet message.

2025-08-02T06:20:29Z

Add reference to uuencode, and its role in binary file distribution in usenet. Add actual sample that contains uuencoded file inside a usenet message.

Dexvertbot: Change telparia.com samples link to template

2023-12-28T02:55:20Z

Change telparia.com samples link to template

Sembiance: Added sample files

2022-04-30T20:42:01Z

Added sample files

Jsummers: PRONOM

2017-12-09T15:56:45Z

PRONOM

Jsummers at 12:49, 20 November 2015

2015-11-20T12:49:48Z

Jsummers: /* Format */

2014-10-23T22:56:42Z

‎Format

Jsummers at 17:06, 7 September 2014

2014-09-07T17:06:30Z

Jsummers: Change primary category to Transfer Encodings

2014-08-24T22:47:11Z

Change primary category to Transfer Encodings

Jsummers at 17:15, 5 November 2013

2013-11-05T17:15:20Z

Jsummers: Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=E-Mail, newsgroups, and forums }} '''Uuencoding''' is a way to encode binary data as plain text, suitable for inclusion in an e-mai..."

2013-11-05T01:30:25Z

Created page with "{{FormatInfo |formattype=electronic |subcat=E-Mail, newsgroups, and forums }} '''Uuencoding''' is a way to encode binary data as plain text, suitable for inclusion in an e-mai..."

New page

{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=E-Mail, newsgroups, and forums
}}
'''Uuencoding''' is a way to encode binary data as plain text, suitable for inclusion in an e-mail message or [[Usenet message format|Usenet message]].

== Format ==
The header line starts with "<code>begin</code>", followed by a Unix file permission code and a filename.

Each line of data begins with a character indicating the line length. Since lines have a standard length, all lines except the last one begin with "<code>M</code>".

== Software ==
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/ GNU sharutils] (<code>uuencode</code>, <code>uudecode</code>)

== Links ==
* [[Wikipedia:Uuencoding|Wikipedia article]]

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-'''Uuencoding''' is a way to encode binary data as plain text, suitable for inclusion in an e-mail message or [[Usenet message format|Usenet message]].
+'''Uuencoding''' is a way to encode binary data as plain text, suitable for inclusion in an e-mail message or [[Usenet message format|Usenet message]].<ref>[http://eco37.mbl.edu/usenet.htm USENET - Ecosystems center - The University of Chicago]</ref>
 == Format ==
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 == Software ==
 * [http://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/ GNU sharutils]: <code>uuencode</code>, <code>uudecode</code>
 == See also ==
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 == Sample files ==
 * {{DexvertSamples|archive/uue}}

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 == Sample files ==
-* https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/archive/uue/
+* {{DexvertSamples|archive/uue}}
 == Links ==

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 * [[Xxencoding]]
 * [[yEnc]]
 == Links ==

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 |subcat=Transfer Encodings
 |extensions={{ext|uue}}, {{ext|uu}}
 }}
 '''Uuencoding''' is a way to encode binary data as plain text, suitable for inclusion in an e-mail message or [[Usenet message format|Usenet message]].

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 == Format ==
 The header line usually starts with "<code>begin</code>", followed by a Unix file permission code and a filename. The last line is "<code>end</code>".
 Each line of data begins with a character indicating the line length. Since lines have a standard length, all lines except the last one begin with "<code>M</code>".
 == Software ==

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 {{FormatInfo
 |formattype=electronic
-|subcat=E-Mail, newsgroups, and forums
+|subcat=Transfer Encodings
 |extensions={{ext|uue}}, {{ext|uu}}
 }}
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 == Links ==
 * [[Wikipedia:Uuencoding|Wikipedia article]]