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[manpage_begin yencode n 1.1.2]
[keywords encoding]
[keywords ydecode]
[keywords yEnc]
[keywords yencode]
[copyright {2002, Pat Thoyts}]
[moddesc {Text encoding & decoding binary data}]
[titledesc {Y-encode/decode binary data}]
[category {Text processing}]
[require Tcl 8.2]
[require yencode [opt 1.1.2]]
[description]
[para]
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 [term NNTP] posting protocols. See
[uri http://www.yenc.org/] for details concerning the algorithm.
[list_begin definitions]
[call [cmd ::yencode::encode] [arg string]]
returns the yEnc encoded data.
[call [cmd ::yencode::decode] [arg "string"]]
Decodes the given yEnc encoded data.
[call [cmd ::yencode::yencode] \
[opt "[option -name] [arg string]"] \
[opt "[option -line] [arg integer]"] \
[opt "[option -crc32] [arg boolean]"] \
"([option -file] [arg filename] | [opt [option --]] [arg string])"]
Encode a file or block of data.
[call [cmd ::yencode::ydecode] \
"([option -file] [arg filename] | [opt [option --]] [arg string])"]
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.
[list_end]
[section OPTIONS]
[list_begin definitions]
[def "-filename name"]
Cause the yencode or ydecode commands to read their data from the
named file rather that taking a string parameter.
[def "-name string"]
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".
[def "-line integer"]
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.
[def "-crc32 boolean"]
The yEnc specification recommends the inclusion of a cyclic redundancy
check value in the footer. Use this option to change the default from
[arg true] to [arg false].
[list_end]
[para]
[example {
% 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
}]
[section References]
[list_begin enum]
[enum] [uri http://www.yenc.org/yenc-draft.1.3.txt]
[list_end]
[vset CATEGORY base64]
[include ../common-text/feedback.inc]
[manpage_end]
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