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+:mod:`uu` --- Encode and decode uuencode files
+==============================================
+
+.. module:: uu
+   :synopsis: Encode and decode files in uuencode format.
+.. moduleauthor:: Lance Ellinghouse
+
+
+This module encodes and decodes files in uuencode format, allowing arbitrary
+binary data to be transferred over ASCII-only connections. Wherever a file
+argument is expected, the methods accept a file-like object.  For backwards
+compatibility, a string containing a pathname is also accepted, and the
+corresponding file will be opened for reading and writing; the pathname ``'-'``
+is understood to mean the standard input or output.  However, this interface is
+deprecated; it's better for the caller to open the file itself, and be sure
+that, when required, the mode is ``'rb'`` or ``'wb'`` on Windows.
+
+.. index::
+   single: Jansen, Jack
+   single: Ellinghouse, Lance
+
+This code was contributed by Lance Ellinghouse, and modified by Jack Jansen.
+
+The :mod:`uu` module defines the following functions:
+
+
+.. function:: encode(in_file, out_file[, name[, mode]])
+
+   Uuencode file *in_file* into file *out_file*.  The uuencoded file will have the
+   header specifying *name* and *mode* as the defaults for the results of decoding
+   the file. The default defaults are taken from *in_file*, or ``'-'`` and ``0666``
+   respectively.
+
+
+.. function:: decode(in_file[, out_file[, mode[, quiet]]])
+
+   This call decodes uuencoded file *in_file* placing the result on file
+   *out_file*. If *out_file* is a pathname, *mode* is used to set the permission
+   bits if the file must be created. Defaults for *out_file* and *mode* are taken
+   from the uuencode header.  However, if the file specified in the header already
+   exists, a :exc:`uu.Error` is raised.
+
+   :func:`decode` may print a warning to standard error if the input was produced
+   by an incorrect uuencoder and Python could recover from that error.  Setting
+   *quiet* to a true value silences this warning.
+
+
+.. exception:: Error()
+
+   Subclass of :exc:`Exception`, this can be raised by :func:`uu.decode` under
+   various situations, such as described above, but also including a badly
+   formatted header, or truncated input file.
+
+
+.. seealso::
+
+   Module :mod:`binascii`
+      Support module containing ASCII-to-binary and binary-to-ASCII conversions.
+