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56 | 12.14 <tt class="module">binhex</tt> -- | |
57 | Encode and decode binhex4 files</A> | |
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61 | <A NAME="module-binhex"></A> | |
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64 | This module encodes and decodes files in binhex4 format, a format | |
65 | allowing representation of Macintosh files in ASCII. On the Macintosh, | |
66 | both forks of a file and the finder information are encoded (or | |
67 | decoded), on other platforms only the data fork is handled. | |
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70 | The <tt class="module">binhex</tt> module defines the following functions: | |
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74 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-4146' xml:id='l2h-4146' class="function">binhex</tt></b>(</nobr></td> | |
75 | <td><var>input, output</var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
76 | <dd> | |
77 | Convert a binary file with filename <var>input</var> to binhex file | |
78 | <var>output</var>. The <var>output</var> parameter can either be a filename or a | |
79 | file-like object (any object supporting a <tt class="method">write()</tt> and | |
80 | <tt class="method">close()</tt> method). | |
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85 | <td><nobr><b><tt id='l2h-4147' xml:id='l2h-4147' class="function">hexbin</tt></b>(</nobr></td> | |
86 | <td><var>input</var><big>[</big><var>, output</var><big>]</big><var></var>)</td></tr></table></dt> | |
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88 | Decode a binhex file <var>input</var>. <var>input</var> may be a filename or a | |
89 | file-like object supporting <tt class="method">read()</tt> and <tt class="method">close()</tt> methods. | |
90 | The resulting file is written to a file named <var>output</var>, unless the | |
91 | argument is omitted in which case the output filename is read from the | |
92 | binhex file. | |
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96 | The following exception is also defined: | |
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101 | Exception raised when something can't be encoded using the binhex | |
102 | format (for example, a filename is too long to fit in the filename | |
103 | field), or when input is not properly encoded binhex data. | |
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111 | <dt>Module <b><tt class="module"><a href="module-binascii.html">binascii</a></tt>:</b> | |
112 | <dd>Support module containing ASCII-to-binary | |
113 | and binary-to-ASCII conversions. | |
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