C

UU Encoding and Decoding

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Demonstrates how to UU encode and decode. C

#include <C_CkCrypt2.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    HCkCrypt2 crypt;
    const char *s1;
    const char *s2;
    const char *s3;
    HCkCrypt2 crypt2;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    crypt = CkCrypt2_Create();

    s1 = "This string is to be UU encoded";

    CkCrypt2_putUuMode(crypt,"666");
    CkCrypt2_putUuFilename(crypt,"something.txt");

    // UU encode:
    s2 = CkCrypt2_encodeString(crypt,s1,"ansi","uu");

    // Note: Call crypt.Encode instead of crypt.EncodeString
    // to UU encode binary bytes (i.e. non-text binary data).

    printf("%s\n",s2);

    // UU decode:
    crypt2 = CkCrypt2_Create();
    s3 = CkCrypt2_decodeString(crypt2,s2,"ansi","uu");

    // Note: Likewise, call crypt.Decode to decode non-text binary data.

    printf("%s\n",s3);

    // Show the file permissions mode and filename found
    // in the UU encoded data:
    printf("UuMode = %s\n",CkCrypt2_uuMode(crypt2));
    printf("UuFilename = %s\n",CkCrypt2_uuFilename(crypt2));


    CkCrypt2_Dispose(crypt);
    CkCrypt2_Dispose(crypt2);

    }