applesingle,
binhex, macbinary —
encode and decode files
<tool> |
[decode] [-c] [-fv]
[-C dir]
[-o outfile]
[file ...] |
applesingle |
encode [-cfv] [-s
suf] [-C
dir] [-o
outfile] file ... |
binhex |
encode [-R] [-cfv]
[-s suf]
[-C dir]
[-o outfile]
file ... |
macbinary |
encode [-t 1-3]
[-cfv] [-s
suf] [-C
dir] [-o
outfile] file ... |
applesingle,
binhex, macbinary are
implemented as a single tool with multiple names. All invocations support
the three verbs encode, decode, and
probe.
If multiple files are passed to probe,
the exit status will be non-zero only if
all files contain
data in the specified encoding.
-f,
--force- perform the operation even if the output file already exists
-h,
--help- display version and usage, then quit
-v,
--verbose- be verbose
-V,
--version- display version, then quit
-c,
--pipe, --from-stdin,
--to-stdout- For decode, read encoded data from the standand input.
For encode, write encoded data to the standard output.
Currently, "plain" data must be written to and from specified
filenames (see also
mount_fdesc(8)).
-C,
--directory dir- create output files in dir
-o,
--rename name- Use name for output, overriding any stored or
default name. For encode, the appropriate suffix will be
added to name.
-o implies
only one file to be encoded or decoded.
-s,
--suffix .suf- override the default suffix for the given encoding
-R,
--no-runlength-encoding- don't use BinHex runlength compression when encoding
-t,
--type 1-3- Specify MacBinary encoding type. Type 1 is undesirable because it has
neither a checksum nor a signature and is thus difficult to
recognize.
In general, the tool returns a non-zero exit status if it
fails.