1 :mod:`binhex` --- Encode and decode binhex4 files
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5 :synopsis: Encode and decode files in binhex4 format.
8 This module encodes and decodes files in binhex4 format, a format allowing
9 representation of Macintosh files in ASCII. On the Macintosh, both forks of a
10 file and the finder information are encoded (or decoded), on other platforms
11 only the data fork is handled.
15 In Python 3.x, special Macintosh support has been removed.
18 The :mod:`binhex` module defines the following functions:
21 .. function:: binhex(input, output)
23 Convert a binary file with filename *input* to binhex file *output*. The
24 *output* parameter can either be a filename or a file-like object (any object
25 supporting a :meth:`write` and :meth:`close` method).
28 .. function:: hexbin(input[, output])
30 Decode a binhex file *input*. *input* may be a filename or a file-like object
31 supporting :meth:`read` and :meth:`close` methods. The resulting file is written
32 to a file named *output*, unless the argument is omitted in which case the
33 output filename is read from the binhex file.
35 The following exception is also defined:
40 Exception raised when something can't be encoded using the binhex format (for
41 example, a filename is too long to fit in the filename field), or when input is
42 not properly encoded binhex data.
47 Module :mod:`binascii`
48 Support module containing ASCII-to-binary and binary-to-ASCII conversions.
56 There is an alternative, more powerful interface to the coder and decoder, see
57 the source for details.
59 If you code or decode textfiles on non-Macintosh platforms they will still use
60 the old Macintosh newline convention (carriage-return as end of line).
62 As of this writing, :func:`hexbin` appears to not work in all cases.