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diff --git a/Doc/libuu.tex b/Doc/libuu.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 5c9e06c..0000000 --- a/Doc/libuu.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,35 +0,0 @@ -\section{Standard Module \module{uu}} -\label{module-uu} -\stmodindex{uu} - -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 \code{'-'} 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 \code{'rb'} or \code{'wb'} on Windows or DOS. - -This code was contributed by Lance Ellinghouse, and modified by Jack -Jansen. -\index{Jansen, Jack} -\index{Ellinghouse, Lance} - -The \module{uu} module defines the following functions: - -\begin{funcdesc}{encode}{in_file, out_file\optional{, name\optional{, mode}}} -Uuencode file \var{in_file} into file \var{out_file}. The uuencoded -file will have the header specifying \var{name} and \var{mode} as the -defaults for the results of decoding the file. The default defaults -are taken from \var{in_file}, or \code{'-'} and \code{0666} -respectively. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{decode}{in_file\optional{, out_file\optional{, mode}}} -This call decodes uuencoded file \var{in_file} placing the result on -file \var{out_file}. If \var{out_file} is a pathname the \var{mode} is -also set. Defaults for \var{out_file} and \var{mode} are taken from -the uuencode header. -\end{funcdesc} |