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12.10 binhex -- Encode and decode binhex4 files
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 binhex module defines the following functions:
- binhex (input, output)
- Convert a binary file with filename input to binhex file output. The output parameter can either be a filename or a file-like object (any object supporting a write() and close() method).
- hexbin (input[, output])
- Decode a binhex file input. input may be a filename or a file-like object supporting read() and close() methods. The resulting file is written to a file named output, unless the argument is omitted in which case the output filename is read from the binhex file.
See Also:
- Module binascii:
- support module containing ASCII-to-binary and binary-to-ASCII conversions.
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