Open System Services Shell and Utilities Reference Manual (G06.25+, H06.03+)

User Commands (t - u) uuencode(1)
NAME
uuencode - Encodes a binary file
SYNOPSIS
uuencode [infile] remotefile
DESCRIPTION
The uuencode command reads the named infile (the default value for infile is the standard input
file) and produces an encoded version of that file on the standard output file. The encoding uses
only printing ASCII characters and includes the file access permission bits of the file and the
pathname to be used when the file is decoded by uudecode. This pathname is specified by
remotefile.
The output file is approximately 35 percent larger than the original
file.
When the command is reading from the standard input file, the umask setting determines the file
permissions.
Operands
infile Specifies the pathname of the file to be encoded.
remotefile Specifies the pathname that the file should be given when it is decoded by the
uudecode command.
Environment Variables
This command supports the use of the LANG, LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, and
NLSPATH environment variables.
EXIT VALUES
The uuencode command returns the following values:
0 (zero) The command completed successfully.
>0 An error occurred.
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: umask(1), uudecode(1).
STANDARDS CONFORMANCE
This command conforms to the XPG4 Version 2 specification with extensions.
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