| \section{Standard Module \sectcode{binhex}} |
| \label{module-binhex} |
| \stmodindex{binhex} |
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| This module encodes and decodes files in binhex4 format, a format |
| allowing representation of Macintosh files in ASCII. On the macintosh, |
| both forks of a file and the finder information are encoded (or |
| decoded), on other platforms only the data fork is handled. |
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| The \code{binhex} module defines the following functions: |
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| \setindexsubitem{(in module binhex)} |
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| \begin{funcdesc}{binhex}{input\, output} |
| Convert a binary file with filename \var{input} to binhex file |
| \var{output}. The \var{output} parameter can either be a filename or a |
| file-like object (any object supporting a \var{write} and \var{close} |
| method). |
| \end{funcdesc} |
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| \begin{funcdesc}{hexbin}{input\optional{\, output}} |
| Decode a binhex file \var{input}. \var{input} may be a filename or a |
| file-like object supporting \var{read} and \var{close} methods. |
| The resulting file is written to a file named \var{output}, unless the |
| argument is empty in which case the output filename is read from the |
| binhex file. |
| \end{funcdesc} |
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| \subsection{Notes} |
| There is an alternative, more powerful interface to the coder and |
| decoder, see the source for details. |
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| If you code or decode textfiles on non-Macintosh platforms they will |
| still use the macintosh newline convention (carriage-return as end of |
| line). |
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| As of this writing, \var{hexbin} appears to not work in all cases. |