Subject: Re: bin/33319: there ought to be a base64 decoder in /usr/bin
To: None <gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@wasabisystems.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/20/2006 16:09:36
Seebs <seebs@guild.plethora.net> writes:

> 	Add this public domain base64 encoder/decoder to the system.
> 
> 	http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/base64/

SUSv3 specifies a base64 encoder/decoder in the form of a -m option to
uuencode(1), and the ability for uudecode(1) to parse it out. Since
the line-by-line nature is a lot like uuencode'd format, this makes
more sense than it might seem to at first blush.

(but as noted, "openssl base64" will do the encoding job; I'm less
clear it can do decoding)

        - Nathan