http://www.fmi.uni-passau.de/archive/doc/unix/unixhelp/Unixhelp/utilities2_trans1.3.2.html (Einblicke ins Internet, 10/1995)An encoded file can be sent by mail to a user on another host. They can then save the file and restore the original binary file using the uudecode command. For example:
uudecode filename
The recreated binary file is placed in a file with the name given as the file_label for the encoded file. It will have the same ownership and access permissions as the original file.