# File: uu-example-2.py import uu import StringIO infile = "samples/sample.uue" outfile = "samples/sample.jpg" # # decode fi = open(infile) fo = StringIO.StringIO() uu.decode(fi, fo) # # compare with original data file data = open(outfile, "rb").read() if fo.getvalue() == data: print len(data), "bytes ok"