(sharutils.info)uuencode base64

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2.3.2 base64 option (-m)
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This is the "convert using base64" option.  By default, `uuencode' will
encode using the traditional conversion.  It is slower and less compact
than base64.  The encoded form of the file is expanded by 37% for UU
encoding and by 35% for base64 encoding (3 bytes become 4 plus control
information).