base64.sgml

unix/linux general net toolkit

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Base64

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Base64 encoding and decoding

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<informalexample>
<programlisting>
gchar* binary_stream = "Hello World!";
gchar* base64_stream;
gint   base64_len;
gchar* newbin_stream;
gint   newbin_len;

base64_stream = gnet_base64_encode(binary_stream,strlen(binary_stream), &amp;base64_len, FALSE);
newbin_stream = gnet_base64_decode(base64_stream, base64_len, &amp;newbin_len);
</programlisting>
</informalexample>
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This module provides functions to encode and decode strings into the
Base64 encoding specified in "RFC 2045 - MIME (Multipurpose Internet
Mail Extensions)".  The Base64 encoding is designed to represent
arbitrary sequences of octets in a form that need not be humanly
readable. A 65-character subset ([A-Za-z0-9+/=]) of US-ASCII is used,
enabling 6 bits to be represented per printable character.
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