yencode(n) 1.0.1 base64 "encode/decoding a binary file"
yencode - encode/decoding a binary file
package require Tcl 8.2
package require yencode ?1.0.1?
This package provides a Tcl-only implementation of the yEnc file
encoding. This is a recently introduced method of encoding binary
files for transmission through usenet. This encoding packs binary data
into a format that requires an 8-bit clean transmission layer but that
escapes characters special to the NNTP posting protocols. See
http://www.yenc.org/ for details concerning the algorithm.
- ::yencode::encode string
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returns the yEnc encoded data.
- ::yencode::decode string
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Decodes the given yEnc encoded data.
- ::yencode::yencode ?-name string? ?-line integer? ?-crc32 boolean? (-file filename | ?--? string)
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Encode a file or block of data.
- ::yencode::ydecode (-file filename | ?--? string)
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Decode a file or block of data. A file may contain more than one
embedded file so the result is a list where each element is a three
element list of filename, file size and data.
- -filename name
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Cause the yencode or ydecode commands to read their data from the
named file rather that taking a string parameter.
- -name string
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The encoded data header line contains the suggested file name to be
used when unpacking the data. Use this option to change this from the
default of "data.dat".
- -line integer
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The yencoded data header line contains records the line length used
during the encoding. Use this option to select a line length other
that the default of 128. Note that NNTP imposes a 1000 character line
length limit and some gateways may have trouble with more than 255
characters per line.
- -crc32 boolean
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The yEnc specification recommends the inclusion of a cyclic redundancy
check value in the footer. Use this option to change the default from
true to false.
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% set d [yencode::yencode -file testfile.txt]
=ybegin line=128 size=584 name=testfile.txt
-o- data not shown -o-
=yend size=584 crc32=ded29f4f
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encoding, uuencode, yEnc, ydecode, yencode
Copyright © 2002, Pat Thoyts