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NAME

       binhex - Hexifies a series of files

SYNOPSIS

       binhex [ - options ] [ files ]

DESCRIPTION

       binhex  takes  the  files  specified  in  files and hexifies them in BinHex 4.0 format on standard output
       subject to the options specified.  If files also specifies directories they are followed recursively, and
       all  files  found  will be hexified.  If no files parameter is specified, binhex reads a MacBinary stream
       from standard input and hexifies the files found; folder information is lost.

OPTIONS

       In the absence of any options, binhex takes the specified files and silently hexifies them to BinHex  4.0
       format,  writing the result to standard output.  Directories named in files are followed recursively, all
       files found will be hexified.  Files are assumed to be in MacBinary format.   However,  if  the  filename
       ends  with  .info the file is assumed to be the info fork of a MacIntosh file split amongst more than one
       file.  In that case the files with .data and .rsrc extensions are also read (if present).  Also,  if  the
       info fork is mentioned in the parameter list, the names of data and resource forks can also be mentioned,
       but those will be ignored (this is to allow wild-card expansion by the shell.)  Further, if some form  of
       AppleShare is supported by the installed program, and if the current directory, or one of the directories
       found during recursive processing, is a directory in the format of the supported version  of  AppleShare,
       those files will be handled according to the properties of AppleShare.

       -r     No  intelligent  file-processing  is  performed;  all files named are assumed to be plain resource
              files, and are hexified as if they were MacIntosh resource files  with  creator  "RSED"  and  type
              "RSRC", unless another creator and/or type are specified.

       -d     No  intelligent  file-processing is performed; all files named are assumed to be plain data files,
              and are hexified as if they were MacIntosh data files with creator "MACA" and type "TEXT",  unless
              another creator and/or type are specified.

       -u     As -d, but the codes for CR and LF are interchanged.

       -U     Is a synonym for -u.

       -c creator
              Defines the creator name to be used if one of the previous options is specified.

       -t type
              Defines the type name to be used if one of the previous options is specified.

       -R     Do  not  use  run-length  encoding during the conversion.  This option may speed up the encoding a
              bit, but it is merely a historical artifact.

       -l     List every file and directory processed.

       -i     Do not output files, give information only (implies -l.)

       -q     Ask the user for every file/directory whether it should be visited (implies -l.)

       -V     Gives the patchlevel of the program, and other information.  Other options  are  ignored  and  the
              program quits immediately.

       -H     Give  short  information  about  the  options.   Other  options  are ignored and the program quits
              immediately.

BUGS

       As this is a beta release, there may still be some problems.

SEE ALSO

       macutil(1)

AUTHOR

       Dik T. Winter, CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (dik@cwi.nl)