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84 lines
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[](https://jitpack.io/#umjammer/jbinhex) [](https://github.com/umjammer/vavi-util-archive)
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# JBinHex
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JBinHex is both a library and a command-line tool to decode files in
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the Apple Macintosh BinHex 4.0 format.
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## Current version: 0.5
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## Version history
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* 0.5 First released version
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## Limitations in this version
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* This version does not support segmented files such as used
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on `comp.binaries.mac.*` newsgroups
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* Documentation is limited
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* Command line tool has does not check wether the command line
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parameters are completely correct
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## Possible future features
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* Encoding of BinHex files
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* File-based interface that allows to switch between data and
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resource fork at any moment, instead of the predetermined order
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that the stream-based interface dictates
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## Command-line tool
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The class name of the command-line tool is `org.gjt.convert.binhex.DeBinHex`
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It accepts the following command line parameters:
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* Either `-u <url>` or `-f <file>`
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to specify the source BinHexed file. If neither of those options
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is present, `DeBinHex` reads `stdin`.
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* `-d` to decode the data fork. It will be put in
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the file with the name that came from the BinHex header.
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* `-df <filename>` to decode the data fork
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to the named file instead of the name that came from the BinHex
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header.
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* `-r` to decode the resource fork. It will be put
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in the file with the name that came from the BinHex header, with
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the extension "`.resource`" appended to
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it.
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* `-rf <filename>` to decode the resource
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fork to the named file instead of the name that came from the
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BinHex header.
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* Both `-d`/`-df` options and `-r`/`-rf`
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may be present at the same time. If none of these options is
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present, `DeBinHex` will decode the data fork as if
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the `-d` options was specified.
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* `-h` to only show the header of the BinHex file
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on `stdout`. The decoding options are ignored.
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## Javadoc
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The [Javadoc of the classes](https://www.klomp.org/JBinHex/javadoc/index.html) is included in the
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distribution and available online.
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## Download
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[Download the complete package](http://www.klomp.org/packages/JBinHex.tar.gz) including source, javadoc and jarfile with classes (36 Kb).
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## License
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The package is licensed under the **GNU General Public License**,
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also known as the GPL license. See file [COPYING](https://www.klomp.org/JBinHex/COPYING) for
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details.
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## References
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* Article written by Yves Lempereur, available as Appendix A in [rfc1741](http://www.rfc.net/get2.php3/rfc1741.html)</A>
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* Article titled [BinHex 4.0 Definition](http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/mac/umich.edu/misc/documentation/binhex4.0specs.txt) by Peter N Lewis
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## Copyright
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All files in the package and on this site Copyright 2000 by Erwin
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Bolwidt, <[ejb@klomp.org](mailto:ejb@klomp.org)>
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This page was last updated at april 8, 2000.
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