From ecb67c838979c68e7524aa3be51305cf375a007b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Simon Josefsson Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 13:51:14 +0200 Subject: doc: adjust base64 documentation * coreutils.texi (base64 invocation): Use RFC 4648 as the specification. Move the URL down a bit in the text. --- doc/coreutils.texi | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/coreutils.texi') 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}. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf