Re: poor mans uudecode / uuencode

albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:

I got annoyed with google, refusing to deliver a zip file.
 
Assuming a case-insensitive Forth that allows digits into base 64
I came up with a poor mans uudecode/uuencode for linux.

Agree, don't reinvent; if Linux has a fine utility for the
purpose, then just pass it the parameters and fetch the results:

sys base64 foo > foo.b64     # for encoding
sys base64 -d foo.b64 >foo   # for decoding

SYS     Toad word to make Linux call (fork).
base64  Linux utility

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