| .. module:: binhex |
| :synopsis: Encode and decode files in binhex4 format. |
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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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| In 3.0, special Macintosh support is removed. |
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| The :mod:`binhex` module defines the following functions: |
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| .. function:: binhex(input, output) |
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| 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 |