Warning to anyone who wants to try to use the Convert::yEnc from CPAN. It does not successfully decode the sample files given at yenc.org.

Here is a small test program:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;
use Convert::yEnc qw(ydecode);

ydecode(\*STDIN);
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Now feed it the test data files:

decode < 00000005.ntx
cat 0000002* | decode
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My program successfully decodes these data files.

The small test program given above which uses the CPAN Convert::yEnc does not.