.TH ydec 1
.SH NAME
ydec \- decode \fIyenc\fR encoded files.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B ydec
[
.BI -v
] [
.B file...
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Ydec
decodes the given email or news files (or standard input if none)
to a standard output. If the \fB-v\fR option is supplied it prints some
information about decoded file on standard error.
.PP
Multipart files can be decoded but must be presented in order.
.PP
Yenc is a depricated and thus no encoder is supplied,
for further information see www.exit109.com/~jeremy/news/yenc.html
"Why Yenc is bad for Usenet".
.PP
.SH EXAMPLE
.EX
	nntpfs
	cd /mnt/news/alt/binaries/sounds/mp3/blues
	ydec 1234*/body | ydec | mp3
.EE
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/cmd/ydec.c