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diff --git a/Doc/libbase64.tex b/Doc/libbase64.tex deleted file mode 100644 index dca25d0..0000000 --- a/Doc/libbase64.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,45 +0,0 @@ -\section{Standard Module \module{base64}} -\label{module-base64} -\stmodindex{base64} -\indexii{base64}{encoding} -\index{MIME!base64 encoding} - -This module perform base64 encoding and decoding of arbitrary binary -strings into text strings that can be safely emailed or posted. The -encoding scheme is defined in \rfc{1421} (``Privacy Enhancement for -Internet Electronic Mail: Part I: Message Encryption and -Authentication Procedures'', section 4.3.2.4, ``Step 4: Printable -Encoding'') and is used for MIME email and -various other Internet-related applications; it is not the same as the -output produced by the \program{uuencode} program. For example, the -string \code{'www.python.org'} is encoded as the string -\code{'d3d3LnB5dGhvbi5vcmc=\e n'}. - - -\begin{funcdesc}{decode}{input, output} -Decode the contents of the \var{input} file and write the resulting -binary data to the \var{output} file. -\var{input} and \var{output} must either be file objects or objects that -mimic the file object interface. \var{input} will be read until -\code{\var{input}.read()} returns an empty string. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{decodestring}{s} -Decode the string \var{s}, which must contain one or more lines of -base64 encoded data, and return a string containing the resulting -binary data. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{encode}{input, output} -Encode the contents of the \var{input} file and write the resulting -base64 encoded data to the \var{output} file. -\var{input} and \var{output} must either be file objects or objects that -mimic the file object interface. \var{input} will be read until -\code{\var{input}.read()} returns an empty string. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{encodestring}{s} -Encode the string \var{s}, which can contain arbitrary binary data, -and return a string containing one or more lines of -base64 encoded data. -\end{funcdesc} |