:mod:`binhex` --- Encode and decode binhex4 files
.. module:: binhex :synopsis: Encode and decode files in binhex4 format.
Source code: :source:`Lib/binhex.py`
This module encodes and decodes files in binhex4 format, a format allowing representation of Macintosh files in ASCII. Only the data fork is handled.
The :mod:`binhex` module defines the following functions:
.. function:: 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 :meth:`write` and :meth:`close` method).
.. function:: hexbin(input, output) Decode a binhex file *input*. *input* may be a filename or a file-like object supporting :meth:`read` and :meth:`close` methods. The resulting file is written to a file named *output*, unless the argument is ``None`` in which case the output filename is read from the binhex file.
The following exception is also defined:
.. exception:: Error Exception raised when something can't be encoded using the binhex format (for example, a filename is too long to fit in the filename field), or when input is not properly encoded binhex data.
.. seealso:: Module :mod:`binascii` Support module containing ASCII-to-binary and binary-to-ASCII conversions.
There is an alternative, more powerful interface to the coder and decoder, see the source for details.
If you code or decode textfiles on non-Macintosh platforms they will still use the old Macintosh newline convention (carriage-return as end of line).