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| author | Simon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org> | 2008-06-01 13:51:14 +0200 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com> | 2008-06-01 18:02:32 +0200 |
| commit | ecb67c838979c68e7524aa3be51305cf375a007b (patch) | |
| tree | 8427386361614f27949bcd500c175292f60a2787 /doc | |
| parent | 86535835fe2c1fb73f0eeed4b2b1f1d95987272b (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-ecb67c838979c68e7524aa3be51305cf375a007b.tar.xz | |
doc: adjust base64 documentation
* coreutils.texi (base64 invocation): Use RFC 4648 as the specification.
Move the URL down a bit in the text.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/coreutils.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index e804d58e3..2a19db1e4 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -1860,8 +1860,7 @@ address. @command{base64} transforms data read from a file, or standard input, into (or from) base64 encoded form. The base64 encoded form uses -printable @acronym{ASCII} characters to represent binary data, see -@uref{ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3548.txt, RFC 3548}. +printable @acronym{ASCII} characters to represent binary data. Synopses: @smallexample @@ -1870,6 +1869,8 @@ base64 --decode [@var{option}]@dots{} [@var{file}] @end smallexample The base64 encoding expands data to roughly 133% of the original. +The format conforms to +@uref{ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4648.txt, RFC 4648}. The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}. |