Python in a Nutshell

Name

decode

Synopsis

decode(infile,outfile=None,mode=None)

Reads file-like object infile, by calling infile .readline until end of file (i.e, until a call to infile .readline returns an empty string) or until a terminator line (the string 'end' surrounded by any amount of whitespace). decode decodes the UU-encoded text thus read, and writes the decoded data to file-like object outfile. When outfile is None, decode creates the file specified in the UU-format begin line, with the permission bits given by mode (the permission bits specified in the begin line, when mode is None). In this case, decode raises an exception if the file already exists.