encode: Encode a file in Base64 format

In base64: Base 64 encoder/decoder

Description

Encode a file in Base64 format

Usage

encode(input, output = tempfile(), linesize = 72L)

Arguments

input	input file
output	output file
linesize	number of characters per line in output file

Value

nothing. used for the side effect of writing the output file

Author(s)

Romain Francois, based on code by Bob Trower

References

This is based on the Base64 code available at http://base64.sourceforge.net/

Base 64 page at wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base64

See Also

decode for the reversed operation

base64 documentation built on May 2, 2019, 4:51 p.m.