\input{libfnmatch}

\input{libbase64}

\input{libquopri}

\input{libfnmatch}

\input{libbase64}

\input{libquopri}

\item[fnmatch]

--- Unix shell style pathname pattern matching.

\section{Standard Module \sectcode{base64}}

\stmodindex{base64}

This module perform base-64 encoding and decoding of arbitrary binary

strings into text strings that can be safely emailed or posted. The

encoding scheme is defined in RFC 1421 and is used for MIME email and

various other Internet-related applications; it is not the same as the

output produced by the \file{uuencode} program. For example, the

string \code{'www.python.org'} is encoded as the string

\code{'d3d3LnB5dGhvbi5vcmc=\e n'}.

\indexii{base-64}{encoding}

\indexii{RFC}{1421}

\index{MIME, base 64 encoding}

\begin{funcdesc}{decode}{input\, output}

Decode the contents of the \var{input} file and write the resulting

binary data to the \var{output} file.

\var{input} and \var{output} must either be file objects or objects that

mimic the file object interface. \var{input} will be read until

\code{\var{input}.read()} returns an empty string.

\end{funcdesc}

\begin{funcdesc}{decodestring}{s}

Decode the string \var{s}, which must contain one or more lines of

base-64 encoded data, and return a string containing the resulting

binary data.

\end{funcdesc}

\begin{funcdesc}{encode}{input\, output}

Encode the contents of the \var{input} file and write the resulting

base-64 encoded data to the \var{output} file.

\var{input} and \var{output} must either be file objects or objects that

mimic the file object interface. \var{input} will be read until

\code{\var{input}.read()} returns an empty string.

\end{funcdesc}

\begin{funcdesc}{encodestring}{s}

Encode the string \var{s}, which can contain arbitrary binary data,

and return a string containing one or more lines of

base-64 encoded data.

\end{funcdesc}

\section{Standard Module \sectcode{fnmatch}}

\stmodindex{fnmatch}

This module provides support for Unix shell-style wildcards, which are

\emph{not} the same as Python's regular expressions (which are

documented in the \code{regex} module). The special characters used

in shell-style wildcards are:

\begin{itemize}

\item[\code{*}] matches everything

\item[\code{?}] matches any single character

\item[\code{[}\var{seq}\code{]}] matches any character in \var{seq}

\item[\code{[!}\var{seq}\code{]}] matches any character not in \var{seq}

\end{itemize}

Note that the filename separator (\code{'/'} on Unix) is \emph{not}

special to this module. See module \code{glob} for pathname expansion

(\code{glob} uses \code{fnmatch} to match filename segments).

\begin{funcdesc}{fnmatch}{filename\, pattern}

Test whether the \var{filename} string matches the \var{pattern}

string, returning true or false. If the operating system is

case-insensitive, then both parameters will be normalized to all

lower- or upper-case before the comparision is performed. If you

require a case-sensitive comparision regardless of whether that's

standard for your operating system, use \code{fnmatchcase()} instead.

\end{funcdesc}

\begin{funcdesc}{fnmatchcase}{}

Test whether \var{filename} matches \var{pattern}, returning true or

false; the comparision is case-sensitive.

\end{funcdesc}

\begin{funcdesc}{translate}{pattern}

Translate a shell pattern into a corresponding regular expression,

returning a string describing the pattern. It does not compile the

expression.

\end{funcdesc}

\section{Standard Module \sectcode{quopri}}

\stmodindex{quopri}

This module performs quoted-printable transport encoding and decoding,

as defined in RFC 1521: ``MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)

Part One''. The quoted-printable encoding is designed for data where

there are relatively few nonprintable characters; the base-64 encoding

scheme available via the \code{base64} module is more compact if there

are many such characters, as when sending a graphics file.

\indexii{quoted printable}{encoding}

\indexii{RFC}{1521}

\index{MIME!quoted-printable encoding}

\begin{funcdesc}{decode}{input\, output}

Decode the contents of the \var{input} file and write the resulting

decoded binary data to the \var{output} file.

\var{input} and \var{output} must either be file objects or objects that

mimic the file object interface. \var{input} will be read until

\code{\var{input}.read()} returns an empty string.

\end{funcdesc}

\begin{funcdesc}{encode}{input\, output\, quotetabs}

Encode the contents of the \var{input} file and write the resulting

quoted-printable data to the \var{output} file.

\var{input} and \var{output} must either be file objects or objects that

mimic the file object interface. \var{input} will be read until

\code{\var{input}.read()} returns an empty string.

\end{funcdesc}

\item[base64]

--- Encode/decode binary files using the MIME base64 encoding.

\item[quopri]

--- Encode/decode binary files using the MIME quoted-printable encoding.

\item[fnmatch]

--- Unix shell style pathname pattern matching.

\section{Standard Module \sectcode{base64}}

\stmodindex{base64}

This module perform base-64 encoding and decoding of arbitrary binary

strings into text strings that can be safely emailed or posted. The

encoding scheme is defined in RFC 1421 and is used for MIME email and

various other Internet-related applications; it is not the same as the

output produced by the \file{uuencode} program. For example, the

string \code{'www.python.org'} is encoded as the string

\code{'d3d3LnB5dGhvbi5vcmc=\e n'}.

\indexii{base-64}{encoding}

\indexii{RFC}{1421}

\index{MIME, base 64 encoding}

\begin{funcdesc}{decode}{input\, output}

Decode the contents of the \var{input} file and write the resulting

binary data to the \var{output} file.

\var{input} and \var{output} must either be file objects or objects that

mimic the file object interface. \var{input} will be read until

\code{\var{input}.read()} returns an empty string.

\end{funcdesc}

\begin{funcdesc}{decodestring}{s}

Decode the string \var{s}, which must contain one or more lines of

base-64 encoded data, and return a string containing the resulting

binary data.

\end{funcdesc}

\begin{funcdesc}{encode}{input\, output}

Encode the contents of the \var{input} file and write the resulting

base-64 encoded data to the \var{output} file.

\var{input} and \var{output} must either be file objects or objects that

mimic the file object interface. \var{input} will be read until

\code{\var{input}.read()} returns an empty string.

\end{funcdesc}

\begin{funcdesc}{encodestring}{s}

Encode the string \var{s}, which can contain arbitrary binary data,

and return a string containing one or more lines of

base-64 encoded data.

\end{funcdesc}