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12.16 <tt class=module>quopri</tt> --
         Encode and decode MIME quoted-printable data</A>
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This module performs quoted-printable transport encoding and decoding,
as defined in <span class=rfc><a name="rfcref-42912"
href="http://info.internet.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc/files/rfc1521.txt">RFC 1521</a></span>: ``MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
Part One''.  The quoted-printable encoding is designed for data where
there are relatively few nonprintable characters; the base64 encoding
scheme available via the <tt class=module><a href="module-base64.html">base64</a></tt> module is more compact if there
are many such characters, as when sending a graphics file.
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2112"><tt class=function>decode</tt></a></b> (<var>input, output</var>)
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Decode the contents of the <var>input</var> file and write the resulting
decoded binary data to the <var>output</var> file.
<var>input</var> and <var>output</var> must either be file objects or objects that
mimic the file object interface. <var>input</var> will be read until
<tt><var>input</var>.read()</tt> returns an empty string.
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2113"><tt class=function>encode</tt></a></b> (<var>input, output, quotetabs</var>)
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Encode the contents of the <var>input</var> file and write the resulting
quoted-printable data to the <var>output</var> file.
<var>input</var> and <var>output</var> must either be file objects or objects that
mimic the file object interface. <var>input</var> will be read until
<tt><var>input</var>.read()</tt> returns an empty string.
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