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scan_uuencoded(3)	   Library Functions Manual	     scan_uuencoded(3)

NAME
       scan_uuencoded -	decode uuencoded data

SYNTAX
       #include	<libowfat/textcode.h>

       size_t scan_uuencoded(const char	*src,char *dest,size_t*	destlen);

DESCRIPTION
       scan_uuencoded decodes uuencoded	data from src into dest.  It will stop
       when  it	encounters any non-valid input characters.  It will then write
       the number of decoded bytes in dest into	*destlen, and return the  num-
       ber of bytes decoded from src.

       Note  that  real	world uuencoded	data is	sometimes permitted to contain
       whitespace characters or	new lines. This	function will not allow	 those
       and return the decoded data until then.

       uudecoding works	on lines, and the first	byte in	each line contains the
       length  of  the line (encoded). scan_uuencoded expects one such line as
       input, and it will decode all the bytes in it.

       uuencoded data can contain bytes	from 0x21 to 0x96, which means	it  is
       not "string safe" (can contain single and double	quotes and backslash).

       dest can	be NULL. destlen can be	NULL. dest can be src.

RETURN VALUE
       scan_uuencoded  returns	the  number  of	bytes successfully scanned and
       processed from src.

EXAMPLES
       scan_uuencoded("&9FYO<F0*",buf,&i) -> return 9, i=5, buf="fnord"

SEE ALSO
       scan_xlong(3), scan_8long(3), fmt_ulong(3)

							     scan_uuencoded(3)

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