documentation on read.encode

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 16 January 2018 14:19:38 Larry Martell wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 12:00 PM, Larry Martell 
<larry.martell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Looking for 2.7 docs on read.encode - googling did not turn up
> > anything.
> >
> > Specifically, looking for the supported options for base64, and how
> > to specify them, e.g. Base64.NO_WRAP
>
> So I just realized that encode() is not a method of read() it's a
> string method. But I still have the same question - can I pass in any
> flags?
>
> My issue is that I am base64 encoding PNG images on linux and it's
> putting a LF at the end of each line. If I do the same on Windows it's
> putting CR/LF. I want the files to be encoded with no platform
> dependences. Googling I found mention of Base64.NO_WRAP and I want to
> pass that into encode() - can I do that?

Di you not have the manpages installed?

In my copy of the manpage:
base64 [OPTION]... [FILE]
where option is:
 -w, --wrap=COLS
              wrap encoded lines after COLS character (default 76).  Use 
0 to disable line wrapping.

Seems pretty simple.

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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