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39 lines
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\section{Standard Module \module{binhex}}
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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 \var{write} and \var{close}
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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 \var{read} and \var{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 empty 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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\subsection{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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