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<span id="binhex-encode-and-decode-binhex4-files"></span><h1>18.13. <a class="reference internal" href="#module-binhex" title="binhex: Encode and decode files in binhex4 format."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">binhex</span></code></a> — Encode and decode binhex4 files<a class="headerlink" href="#module-binhex" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>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.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>In Python 3.x, special Macintosh support has been removed.</p>
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<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-binhex" title="binhex: Encode and decode files in binhex4 format."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">binhex</span></code></a> module defines the following functions:</p>
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<dt id="binhex.binhex">
<code class="descclassname">binhex.</code><code class="descname">binhex</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>input</em>, <em>output</em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#binhex.binhex" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Convert a binary file with filename <em>input</em> to binhex file <em>output</em>. The
<em>output</em> parameter can either be a filename or a file-like object (any object
supporting a <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">write()</span></code> and <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">close()</span></code> method).</p>
</dd></dl>
<dl class="function">
<dt id="binhex.hexbin">
<code class="descclassname">binhex.</code><code class="descname">hexbin</code><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em>input</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>output</em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#binhex.hexbin" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>Decode a binhex file <em>input</em>. <em>input</em> may be a filename or a file-like object
supporting <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">read()</span></code> and <code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">close()</span></code> methods. The resulting file is written
to a file named <em>output</em>, unless the argument is omitted in which case the
output filename is read from the binhex file.</p>
</dd></dl>
<p>The following exception is also defined:</p>
<dl class="exception">
<dt id="binhex.Error">
<em class="property">exception </em><code class="descclassname">binhex.</code><code class="descname">Error</code><a class="headerlink" href="#binhex.Error" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
<dd><p>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.</p>
</dd></dl>
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<p class="admonition-title">See also</p>
<dl class="simple">
<dt>Module <a class="reference internal" href="binascii.html#module-binascii" title="binascii: Tools for converting between binary and various ASCII-encoded binary representations."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">binascii</span></code></a></dt><dd><p>Support module containing ASCII-to-binary and binary-to-ASCII conversions.</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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<div class="section" id="notes">
<span id="binhex-notes"></span><h2>18.13.1. Notes<a class="headerlink" href="#notes" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
<p>There is an alternative, more powerful interface to the coder and decoder, see
the source for details.</p>
<p>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).</p>
<p>As of this writing, <a class="reference internal" href="#binhex.hexbin" title="binhex.hexbin"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">hexbin()</span></code></a> appears to not work in all cases.</p>
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