looking for mimencode or equivalent

[Stefan Bruda]

At 15:26 +0100 on 2004-3-18 R. Hirschfeld wrote:
 >
 > I used to use mimencode to decode/encode files in base64 and quoted
 > printable format.  I believe it was part of a package called metamail,
 > but I can't find it under YDL 3.0.  Can anybody point out to me either
 > where it is hiding or another program with similar functionality?

See http://www.tug.org/ftp/vm/ specifically the following set of
programs:

    base64-decode.c
    base64-encode.c    
    qp-decode.c
    qp-encode.c

They compile trivially (as in `gcc -o base64-decode base64-decode.c',
etc.) and do exactly what you want.

Stefan

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