1 02/29/84  decode
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 3 Syntax:  decode path1A {path2A ... path1N path2N} {-control_args}
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 6 Function: reconstructs an original segment from an enciphered segment
 7 according to a key that is not stored in the system.  The encode
 8 command is used to encipher segments.
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11 Arguments:
12 path1A
13    is the pathname of an enciphered segment.  The code suffix should
14    not be specified.  The star convention is allowed.
15 path2A
16    is the pathname of the deciphered segment to be produced.  If the
17    last path2 is not given, a pathname is constructed from path1.
18    The equal convention is allowed.
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21 Control arguments:
22 -key STR
23    specifies the encipherment key STR on the command line and does not
24    query for one. This control argument is useful in exec_com's for
25    multiple invocations of the command with the same key.
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28 Notes: This command requests the key from the terminal only once.  All
29 segments specified in an invocation of decode are deciphered with the
30 same key.