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12.9 <tt class=module>binhex</tt> --
         Encode and decode binhex4 files</A>
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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.

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The <tt class=module>binhex</tt> module defines the following functions:

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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2033"><tt class=function>binhex</tt></a></b> (<var>input, output</var>)
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Convert a binary file with filename <var>input</var> to binhex file
<var>output</var>. The <var>output</var> parameter can either be a filename or a
file-like object (any object supporting a <tt class=method>write()</tt> and
<tt class=method>close()</tt> method).
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<dl><dt><b><a name="l2h-2034"><tt class=function>hexbin</tt></a></b> (<var>input</var><big>[</big><var>, output</var><big>]</big>)
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Decode a binhex file <var>input</var>. <var>input</var> may be a filename or a
file-like object supporting <tt class=method>read()</tt> and <tt class=method>close()</tt> methods.
The resulting file is written to a file named <var>output</var>, unless the
argument is omitted in which case the output filename is read from the
binhex file.
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<p>Module <b><tt class=module><a href="module-binascii.html">binascii</a></tt></b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(support module containing ASCII-to-binary
                       and binary-to-ASCII conversions)</p>
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