# 11.14 Standard Module `binhex`

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 empty in which case the output filename is read from the binhex file.

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