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authorSimon Josefsson <simon@josefsson.org>2008-06-01 13:51:14 +0200
committerJim Meyering <meyering@redhat.com>2008-06-01 18:02:32 +0200
commitecb67c838979c68e7524aa3be51305cf375a007b (patch)
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parent86535835fe2c1fb73f0eeed4b2b1f1d95987272b (diff)
downloadcoreutils-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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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}.