binhex — Encode and decode binhex4 files
Source code: 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 binhex
module defines the following functions:
-
binhex.
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()
andclose()
method).
-
binhex.
hexbin
( input, output ) -
Decode a binhex file input. input may be a filename or a file-like object supporting
read()
andclose()
methods. The resulting file is written to a file named output, unless the argument isNone
in which case the output filename is read from the binhex file.
The following exception is also defined:
-
exception
binhex.
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.
See also
-
Module
binascii
-
Support module containing ASCII-to-binary and binary-to-ASCII conversions.