news/yencode 0.46 MidnightBSD

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.