NAME
    Convert::UU, uuencode, uudecode - Perl module for uuencode and uudecode

SYNOPSIS
      use Convert::UU qw(uudecode uuencode);
      $encoded_string = uuencode($string,[$filename],[$mode]);
      ($string,$filename,$mode) = uudecode($string);
      $string = uudecode($string); # in scalar context

DESCRIPTION
    uuencode() takes as the first argument a string that is to be uuencoded.
    Note, that it is the string that is encoded, not a filename.
    Alternatively a filehandle may be passed that must be opened for
    reading. It returns the uuencoded string including "begin" and "end".
    Second and third argument are optional and specify filename and mode. If
    unspecified these default to "uuencode.uu" and 644.

    uudecode() takes a string as argument which will be uudecoded. If the
    argument is a filehandle this handle will be read instead. If it is a
    reference to an ARRAY, the elements are treated like lines that form a
    string. Leading and trailing garbage will be ignored. The function
    returns the uudecoded string for the first begin/end pair. In array
    context it returns an array whose first element is the uudecoded string,
    the second is the filename and the third is the mode.

EXPORT
    Both uudecode and uuencode are in @EXPORT_OK.

AUTHOR
    Andreas Koenig <andreas.koenig@anima.de>. With code integrated that was
    posted to USENET from Hans Mulder and Randal L. Schwartz.

SEE ALSO
    puuencode(1), puudecode(1) for examples of how to use this module.

