Feature: support xxdecode filter in similar mode as uudecode
todd-richmond opened this issue · comments
xxencode is an alternate to uuencode with very similar logic and format. Would be helpful for libarchive to support this in the same manner
How common is xxencode? For example, is it included in POSIX or any other similar standard?
Not exceedingly common, but definitely exists in the wild as cases come up in our software once in a while. Since binary data can be encoded, that includes viruses or DLP data that can't be scanned. It has the same header format as uuencode and is supported by winzip and some other archivers