gk::base64

Base64 encoding and decoding of binary files

Synopsis

gk::base64 encode filename
gk::base64 decode string filename

Description

The gk::base64 command provides a mechanism to encode binary files into an ASCII representation, and then decode them. This can be necessary because GroupKit's communications facilities do not yet deal with binary data.

To encode a file, use the "gk::base64 encode" command, which will return a string containing the base64 representation. To decode this representation back into a file, use the "gk::base64 decode" command.


GroupKit Reference Manual. Last updated May 7, 1998 by Mark Roseman.