| 1 | \section{\module{binhex} ---
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| 2 | Encode and decode binhex4 files}
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| 3 |
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| 4 | \declaremodule{standard}{binhex}
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| 5 | \modulesynopsis{Encode and decode files in binhex4 format.}
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| 6 |
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| 7 |
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| 8 | This module encodes and decodes files in binhex4 format, a format
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| 9 | allowing representation of Macintosh files in \ASCII. On the Macintosh,
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| 10 | both forks of a file and the finder information are encoded (or
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| 11 | decoded), on other platforms only the data fork is handled.
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| 12 |
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| 13 | The \module{binhex} module defines the following functions:
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| 14 |
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| 15 | \begin{funcdesc}{binhex}{input, output}
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| 16 | Convert a binary file with filename \var{input} to binhex file
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| 17 | \var{output}. The \var{output} parameter can either be a filename or a
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| 18 | file-like object (any object supporting a \method{write()} and
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| 19 | \method{close()} method).
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| 20 | \end{funcdesc}
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| 21 |
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| 22 | \begin{funcdesc}{hexbin}{input\optional{, output}}
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| 23 | Decode a binhex file \var{input}. \var{input} may be a filename or a
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| 24 | file-like object supporting \method{read()} and \method{close()} methods.
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| 25 | The resulting file is written to a file named \var{output}, unless the
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| 26 | argument is omitted in which case the output filename is read from the
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| 27 | binhex file.
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| 28 | \end{funcdesc}
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| 29 |
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| 30 | The following exception is also defined:
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| 31 |
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| 32 | \begin{excdesc}{Error}
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| 33 | Exception raised when something can't be encoded using the binhex
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