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Encode and decode binhex4 files
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Encode and decode files in binhex4 format.

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.

The `binhex' module defines the following functions:

`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()' and `close()' method).

`hexbin(input[, output])'
     Decode a binhex file INPUT. INPUT may be a filename or a file-like
     object supporting `read()' and `close()' methods.  The resulting
     file is written to a file named OUTPUT, unless the argument is
     omitted in which case the output filename is read from the binhex
     file.

See also:
     Note: binascii Support module containing ASCII-to-binary and
     binary-to-ASCII conversions.

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