:mod:`uu` --- Encode and decode uuencode files
============================================== .. module:: uu
:synopsis: Encode and decode files in uuencode format. ..
moduleauthor:: Lance Ellinghouse **Source code:**
:source:`Lib/uu.py` -------------- This module encodes and
decodes files in uuencode format, allowing arbitrary binary data
to be transferred over ASCII-only connections. Wherever a file
argument is expected, the methods accept a file-like object. For
backwards compatibility, a string containing a pathname is also
accepted, and the corresponding file will be opened for reading
and writing; the pathname ``'-'`` is understood to mean the
standard input or output. However, this interface is deprecated;
it's better for the caller to open the file itself, and be sure
that, when required, the mode is ``'rb'`` or ``'wb'`` on
Windows. .. index:: single: Jansen, Jack single: Ellinghouse,
Lance This code was contributed by Lance Ellinghouse, and
modified by Jack Jansen. The :mod:`uu` module defines the fol