yencode

Free (GPL) encoder and decoder for the yEnc Usenet file format

yencode is an encoder/decoder package for the Usenet yEnc encoding format. The source code is freely available under the GNU General Public License and should work on most modern Unix-like operating systems. Features: - Full internationalization (multilingual) support provided by GNU gettext. - Encoder can output single part or multipart encoded archives of any size. - Smart decoder can handle multiple files, including files specified out of order or with nonsense file names. - Included Usenet posting software posts files to Usenet quickly and easily, including automatic creation of encoded multipart archives and SFV/CRC checksum files, if desired. - Optional scan mode: automatically locate and decode single or multipart encoded archives in specified directories or recursively. - Supports SFV file creation for multiple-file archives. - Fully compliant with the current yEnc specifications.