BTOA(1)

NAME
btoa - binary to ascii conversion

SYNOPSIS
btoa [-adhor] [infile] [outfile]

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EXAMPLES

DESCRIPTION

Btoa is a filter that converts a binary file to ascii for transmission over a telephone line. If two file names are provided, the first in used for input and the second for output. If only one is provided, it is used as the input file. The program is a functionally similar alternative to uue/uud, but the encoding is completely different. Since both of these are widely used, both have been provided with MINIX. The file is expanded about 25 percent in the process.

SEE ALSO
uue(1), uud(1).