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