uudecode(1)                                                     uudecode(1)

NAME
     uudecode - decode mailed files

SYNOPSIS
     uudecode[ file]

DESCRIPTION
     uuencode and uudecode are used in combination to send a text or binary
     file via uucp or mail. You can send the file either directly or via a
     mail chain linking a series of directly linked systems.

     uudecode reads an encoded file and recreates the original file with
     the access permissions (file modes) and name specified in the encoding
     information (see uuencode).

     You must have write permission for the encoded file.

     uudecode runs with the user ID assigned to uucp. Thus permission to
     use uudecode may be denied in a directory where there is no write per-
     mission for "others".

     Refer to uuencode for further information.

OPTION
     file File to be decoded.

          file not specified:

          uudecode reads from standard input.

LOCALE
     The LCMESSAGES environment variable governs the language in which
     message texts are displayed. If LCMESSAGES is undefined or is defined
     as the null string, it defaults to the value of LANG. If LANG is like-
     wise undefined or null, the system acts as if it were not internation-
     alized.

     The LCALL environment variable governs the entire locale. LCALL
     takes precedence over all the other environment variables which affect
     internationalization.















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uudecode(1)                                                     uudecode(1)

EXAMPLES
     User bill has been mailed an encoded file:

     $ mail
     From john Wed Mar 20 14:42 MET 1991
     ContentLength

     begin 744 scrpt
     M9F]R(&YA;64@*:6X@*@ID;R @:68@6R M9" B)&YA;64B(%T*(" @('!H)&X@
     M)&-H;R B*&1V>BD@)&YA;64B" @("!;'-E(&%C:&\@(B!@;',@+7,@)&YA
     1;65@(@H@(" @)FD*9&]N90HB

     end
     ? q

     The header line of the encoded message contains the word begin fol-
     lowed by the file mode (744) and the name of the file (scrpt). The
     file is now to be restored to its original condition and have the
     specified name scrpt:

     $ mail | uudecode
     $ cat scrpt
     for name in *
     do  if [ -d "$name" ]
       then echo "(dir) $name"
       else echo " `ls -s $name`"
       fi
     done

SEE ALSO
     mail(1), mailx(1), uucp(1), uuencode(1), uux(1).























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