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<span id="uu-encode-and-decode-uuencode-files"></span><h1>18.16. <a class="reference internal" href="#module-uu" title="uu: Encode and decode files in uuencode format."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">uu</span></code></a> — Encode and decode uuencode files<a class="headerlink" href="#module-uu" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="https://hg.python.org/cpython/file/2.7/Lib/uu.py">Lib/uu.py</a></p>
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<p>This module encodes and decodes files in uuencode format, allowing arbitrary
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binary data to be transferred over ASCII-only connections. Wherever a file
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argument is expected, the methods accept a file-like object. For backwards
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compatibility, a string containing a pathname is also accepted, and the
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corresponding file will be opened for reading and writing; the pathname <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'-'</span></code>
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is understood to mean the standard input or output. However, this interface is
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deprecated; it’s better for the caller to open the file itself, and be sure
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that, when required, the mode is <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'rb'</span></code> or <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'wb'</span></code> on Windows.</p>
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<p id="index-0">This code was contributed by Lance Ellinghouse, and modified by Jack Jansen.</p>
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<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-uu" title="uu: Encode and decode files in uuencode format."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">uu</span></code></a> module defines the following functions:</p>
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<code class="descclassname">uu.</code><code class="descname">encode</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>in_file</em>, <em>out_file</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>name</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>mode</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#uu.encode" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Uuencode file <em>in_file</em> into file <em>out_file</em>. The uuencoded file will have the
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header specifying <em>name</em> and <em>mode</em> as the defaults for the results of decoding
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the file. The default defaults are taken from <em>in_file</em>, or <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">'-'</span></code> and <code class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">0666</span></code>
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<code class="descclassname">uu.</code><code class="descname">decode</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>in_file</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>out_file</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>mode</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>quiet</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#uu.decode" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>This call decodes uuencoded file <em>in_file</em> placing the result on file
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<em>out_file</em>. If <em>out_file</em> is a pathname, <em>mode</em> is used to set the permission
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bits if the file must be created. Defaults for <em>out_file</em> and <em>mode</em> are taken
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from the uuencode header. However, if the file specified in the header already
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exists, a <a class="reference internal" href="#uu.Error" title="uu.Error"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal"><span class="pre">uu.Error</span></code></a> is raised.</p>
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<p><a class="reference internal" href="#uu.decode" title="uu.decode"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">decode()</span></code></a> may print a warning to standard error if the input was produced
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by an incorrect uuencoder and Python could recover from that error. Setting
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<em>quiet</em> to a true value silences this warning.</p>
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<em class="property">exception </em><code class="descclassname">uu.</code><code class="descname">Error</code><a class="headerlink" href="#uu.Error" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><p>Subclass of <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#exceptions.Exception" title="exceptions.Exception"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal"><span class="pre">Exception</span></code></a>, this can be raised by <a class="reference internal" href="#uu.decode" title="uu.decode"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal"><span class="pre">uu.decode()</span></code></a> under
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