NAME

       megatron, unhex, unbin, unsingle, hqx2bin, single2bin, macbinary - Macintosh file format
       transformer

SYNOPSIS

       megatron [sourcefile...]
                                                            unbin [sourcefile...]
                                                            unhex [sourcefile...]
                                                            unsingle [sourcefile...]
                                                            hqx2bin [sourcefile...]
                                                            single2bin [sourcefile...]
                                                            macbinary [sourcefile...]

DESCRIPTION

       megatron is used to transform files from BinHex, MacBinary, AppleSingle, or netatalk style
       AppleDouble formats into MacBinary or netatalk style AppleDouble formats. The netatalk
       style AppleDouble format is the file format used by afpd, the netatalk Apple Filing
       Protocol (AppleShare) server. BinHex, MacBinary, and AppleSingle are commonly used formats
       for transferring Macintosh files between machines via email or file transfer protocols.
       megatron uses its name to determine what type of tranformation is being asked of it.

       If megatron is called as unhex , unbin or unsingle, it tries to convert file(s) from
       BinHex, MacBinary, or AppleSingle into AppleDouble format. BinHex is the format most often
       used to send Macintosh files by e-mail. Usually these files have an extension of ".hqx".
       MacBinary is the format most often used by terminal emulators "on the fly" when
       transferring Macintosh files in binary mode. MacBinary files often have an extension of
       ".bin". Some Macintosh LAN-based email packages use uuencoded AppleSingle format to
       "attach" or "enclose" files in email. AppleSingle files don´t have a standard filename
       extension.

       If megatron is called as hqx2bin, single2bin, or macbinary, it will try to convert the
       file(s) from BinHex, AppleSingle, or AppleDouble into MacBinary. This last translation may
       be useful in moving Macintosh files from your afpd server to some other machine when you
       can´t copy them from the server using a Macintosh for some reason.

       If megatron is called with any other name, it uses the default translation, namely unhex.

       If no source file is given, or if sourcefile is `-´, and if the conversion is from a
       BinHex or MacBinary file, megatron will read from standard input.

       The filename used to store any output file is the filename that is encoded in the source
       file. MacBinary files are created with a ".bin" extension. In the case of conflicts, the
       old file is overwritten!

OPTIONS

       -v, --version
           Show version.

SEE ALSO

       afpd(8)