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Format

Uuencoded File

Summary

Name
Uuencoded File
Identifiers
PUID: fmt/1102
Format type
Aggregate
Description
Uuencoding, (Unix-to-Unix encoding) is a binary to text encoding mechanism created by Mary Ann Horton for encoding binary data for transmission in email systems.
File extensions
uue
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

Uuencoded File

Note
BOF: 'begin '<unix permissions mode> ' ' <file name> newline character. EOF, max offset 2: newline character 'end'

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
626567696E20[30:37][30:37][30:37]20{1-256}0A
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from EOF
Offset
0
Max offset
2
Byte Sequence
0A656E64
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Added in V93

    Release date
    30 November 2017

    Uuencoded File: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    Uuencoded File: Full entry added.