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authorwiz <wiz@NetBSD.org>2014-09-06 21:21:36 +0000
committerwiz <wiz@NetBSD.org>2014-09-06 21:21:36 +0000
commit5717f2cc912dd298b16719e43dfae13b34f593bb (patch)
tree6c0994dd941afbfdda59764b52aecb1f851f7df9 /usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.1
parentcd88b4b8c872e9a2ca99bce84c0f2e576254e97e (diff)
Sort sections. Remove trailing whitespace.
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.1')
-rw-r--r--usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.127
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.1 b/usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.1
index db8e5448829..2ce995f3b63 100644
--- a/usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.1
+++ b/usr.bin/uuencode/uuencode.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: uuencode.1,v 1.25 2014/09/06 18:58:05 dholland Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: uuencode.1,v 1.26 2014/09/06 21:21:36 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ to (always) the standard output.
The encoding uses only printing
.Tn ASCII
characters suitable for text-only transport media.
-The string
+The string
.Ar headername
is inserted into the output header as the
.Ar outputfile
@@ -118,17 +118,6 @@ ignores any leading and trailing lines.
.Pp
The encoded form of the file is expanded by 35%.
Every 3 bytes become 4 plus control information.
-.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
-When using
-.Nm uudecode
-with files coming from dubious sources,
-always either explicitly pass the
-.Fl o
-option or check the header (the first line) of the encoded file for
-safety.
-Blindly using a
-.Ar headername
-from a hostile source can overwrite important files.
.Sh EXIT STATUS
The
.Nm uudecode
@@ -173,4 +162,14 @@ and
.Nm
utilities appeared in
.Bx 4.0 .
-
+.Sh SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
+When using
+.Nm uudecode
+with files coming from dubious sources,
+always either explicitly pass the
+.Fl o
+option or check the header (the first line) of the encoded file for
+safety.
+Blindly using a
+.Ar headername
+from a hostile source can overwrite important files.