From ad8a79e6a5c75acf360e9310860387b68066c0b7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: charnier Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 12:18:28 +0000 Subject: Use `The .Nm utility' --- usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.1 | 20 ++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'usr.bin/uuencode') diff --git a/usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.1 b/usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.1 index ab1f328..c254ec2 100644 --- a/usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.1 +++ b/usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.1 @@ -53,16 +53,18 @@ .Fl o Ar output_file .Op Ar file .Sh DESCRIPTION -.Nm Uuencode +The +.Nm and .Nm uudecode -are used to transmit binary files over transmission mediums +utilities are used to transmit binary files over transmission mediums that do not support other than simple .Tn ASCII data. .Pp -.Nm Uuencode -reads +The +.Nm +utility reads .Ar file (or by default the standard input) and writes an encoded version to the standard output, or @@ -76,8 +78,9 @@ mode of the file and the operand for use by .Nm uudecode . .Pp -.Nm Uudecode -transforms +The +.Nm uudecode +utility transforms .Em uuencoded files (or by default, the standard input) into the original form. The resulting file is named either @@ -87,8 +90,9 @@ or (depending on options passed to .Ar output_file and will have the mode of the original file except that setuid and execute bits are not retained. -.Nm Uudecode -ignores any leading and trailing lines. +The +.Nm uudecode +utility ignores any leading and trailing lines. .Pp The following options are available for .Nm : -- cgit v1.1