binhex Namespace Reference

Data Structures
class	Error
class	FInfo
class	openrsrc
class	_Hqxcoderengine
class	_Rlecoderengine
class	BinHex
class	_Hqxdecoderengine
class	_Rledecoderengine
class	HexBin

Functions
def	FInfo
def	getfileinfo
def	openrsrc
def	binhex
def	hexbin

Variables
list	__all__ = ["binhex","hexbin","Error"]
	openrf = MacOS.openrf

Detailed Description

Macintosh binhex compression/decompression.

easy interface:
binhex(inputfilename, outputfilename)
hexbin(inputfilename, outputfilename)

Function Documentation

def binhex.binhex	(		inp,
			out
	)

(infilename, outfilename) - Create binhex-encoded copy of a file

Definition at line 257 of file binhex.py.

References getfileinfo(), and aifc.open().

def binhex(inp, out):
    """(infilename, outfilename) - Create binhex-encoded copy of a file"""
    finfo = getfileinfo(inp)
    ofp = BinHex(finfo, out)

    ifp = open(inp, 'rb')
    # XXXX Do textfile translation on non-mac systems
    while 1:
        d = ifp.read(128000)
        if not d: break
        ofp.write(d)
    ofp.close_data()
    ifp.close()

    ifp = openrsrc(inp, 'rb')
    while 1:
        d = ifp.read(128000)
        if not d: break
        ofp.write_rsrc(d)
    ofp.close()
    ifp.close()