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\section{\module{binhex} --- Encode and decode binhex4 files} \declaremodule{standard}{binhex} \modulesynopsis{Encode and decode files in binhex4 format.} 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. The \module{binhex} module defines the following functions: \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 \method{write()} and \method{close()} method). \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{hexbin}{input\optional{, output}} Decode a binhex file \var{input}. \var{input} may be a filename or a file-like object supporting \method{read()} and \method{close()} methods. The resulting file is written to a file named \var{output}, unless the argument is omitted in which case the output filename is read from the binhex file. \end{funcdesc} The following exception is also defined: \begin{excdesc}{Error} Exception raised when something can't be encoded using the binhex format (for example, a filename is too long to fit in the filename field), or when input is not properly encoded binhex data. \end{excdesc} \begin{seealso} \seemodule{binascii}{Support module containing \ASCII-to-binary and binary-to-\ASCII{} conversions.} \end{seealso} \subsection{Notes \label{binhex-notes}} There is an alternative, more powerful interface to the coder and decoder, see the source for details. If you code or decode textfiles on non-Macintosh platforms they will still use the Macintosh newline convention (carriage-return as end of line). As of this writing, \function{hexbin()} appears to not work in all cases.