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yencode is an encoder/decoder package for the Usenet yEnc encoding format.

The source code is freely available under the GNU General Public License and
should work on most modern Unix-like operating systems.

Features:
   - Full internationalization (multilingual) support provided by GNU gettext.
   - Encoder can output single part or multipart encoded archives of any size.
   - Smart decoder can handle multiple files, including files specified out of
     order or with nonsense file names.
   - Included Usenet posting software posts files to Usenet quickly and
     easily, including automatic creation of encoded multipart archives and
     SFV/CRC checksum files, if desired.
   - Optional scan mode: automatically locate and decode single or multipart
     encoded archives in specified directories or recursively.
   - Supports SFV file creation for multiple-file archives.
   - Fully compliant with the current yEnc specifications.

WWW: http://www.yencode.org/