X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/~mdw/sgt/utils/blobdiff_plain/fe25517f8e3d62dfd14396445209d9c25c81554d..8a48d402ca6948144107b6e3bc857d90155bf4cb:/base64/base64.but diff --git a/base64/base64.but b/base64/base64.but index ce12b0e..ec790f7 100644 --- a/base64/base64.but +++ b/base64/base64.but @@ -1,20 +1,19 @@ \cfg{man-identity}{base64}{1}{2004-11-20}{Simon Tatham}{Simon Tatham} -\cfg{man-mindepth}{1} -\C{base64-manpage} Man page for \cw{base64} +\title Man page for \cw{base64} -\H{base64-manpage-name} NAME +\U NAME \cw{base64} - stand-alone encoder and decoder for base64 -\H{base64-manpage-synopsis} SYNOPSIS +\U SYNOPSIS \c base64 [ -d ] [ filename ] \e bbbbbb bb iiiiiiii -\c base64 -e [ -cwidth ] [ filename ] -\e bbbbbb bb bbiiiii iiiiiiii +\c base64 -e [ -c width ] [ filename ] +\e bbbbbb bb bb iiiii iiiiiiii -\H{base64-manpage-description} DESCRIPTION +\U DESCRIPTION \cw{base64} is a command-line utility for encoding and decoding the \q{base64} encoding. @@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ need to inspect a Content-MD5 header or an SSH private key. base64 format \e{alone}. It does not try to understand MIME headers or anything other than raw data. -\H{base64-manpage-options} OPTIONS +\U OPTIONS By default (if neither \cw{-d} or \cw{-e} is supplied), \cw{base64} operates in decode mode. @@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ and output the decoded data on standard output. binary data from standard input or the supplied file name, encode it as base64, and output the encoded data on standard output. -\dt \cw{-c}\e{width} +\dt \cw{-c} \e{width} \dd If \cw{base64} is operating in encode mode, this controls the number of base64 characters output per line of the encoded file. @@ -66,7 +65,13 @@ line break in the middle of the data at all. The base64 encoding converts between a group of three plaintext bytes and a group of four encoded bytes. \cw{base64} does not -support breaking an encoded group across a line. Therefore, the -\e{width} parameter passed to \cw{-c} must be a multiple of 4. +support breaking an encoded group across a line (although it can +handle it as input if it receives it). Therefore, the \e{width} +parameter passed to \cw{-c} must be a multiple of 4. } + +\U LICENCE + +\cw{base64} is free software, distributed under the MIT licence. +Type \cw{base64 --licence} to see the full licence text.