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• btoa 4.0

btoa 4.0

Summary

Description: Binary to text encoder and decoder
Source: ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume6/

Support

This package is available for all platforms. This package is unsupported and provided on an as-is basis.

Description

atob/btoa is an older system for encoding binary data as text and then decoding it again, used for transmitting binaries over media that can only handle text (such as e-mail). It's very similar to uuencode, but somewhat more efficient (and considerably less popular).

Files

   Programs: atob btoa tarmail untarmail
  Man Pages: btoa(1)

Accuracy

This information reflects the version of this package that is installed in Stanford's site-wide pubsw software tree. Newer versions of the package may be available from the package source. The contents of this page, including the source URL if applicable, are generally only reviewed when the package is upgraded and therefore may not accurately reflect the current version of the package.