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XBIN (local) 24 Mar 1985 XBIN (local)
NAME
xbin - convert mailable format BinHex file into binary
before downloading to MacTerminal
SYNOPSIS
xbin [ -o ] [ -v ] [ -l ] [[ -n name ] file] ...
DESCRIPTION
Xbin converts a file created by BinHex (usually named with
one of the extensions ".hex", ".hcx", or ".hqx") into three
host-system files suitable for downloading to a Macintosh
via macput. This program is designed for use with the 1.1
Release version of MacTerminal, but includes a compatibility
option for the old -0.15X Almost-Alpha version.
The -l (list) option reads the header information and
prints out all the useful information there, without
creating any converted output files.
The -v (verbose) option prints a line for each file to
be converted, indicating the input and output file names.
The -n name option allows the user to specify the name
to use when creating the host files and the eventual name to
use on the mac. This option must precede the input file
name it is to affect.
If this option is not used, the names will be derived
from either the input file name (.hex or .hcx files), or the
name encoded in the header information (.hqx files). Spaces
and slashes will be converted to underscores, and the .h?x
extension will be deleted, if one is included in the input
file name.
A file name of "-" indicates that the input should be
taken from stdin. If no mac file name is specified, the
default name (for .hex or .hcx files) is "stdin".
Mail or news headers and signatures need not be
manually stripped -- xbin will ignore pretty much anything
it doesn't need.
xbin creates three host-system files from each input
file: name.info, name.data, and name.rsrc.
The -o flag specifies "old" (version -0.15X)
MacTerminal compatibility mode.
BUGS
The "LOCKED" bit in the flags cannot be set by xbin. This
is due to a bug in MacTerminal, which sets the flags when
the file is created, rather than after it has been
transfered, resulting in it not being able to write the
file.
Input files must contain a line starting with "(This
file" to detect the beginning of the BinHex information.
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XBIN (local) 24 Mar 1985 XBIN (local)
SEE
macput(1), macget(1)
AUTHOR
Dave Johnson, Brown 12/16/84; CRC handling code by Darin
Adler, TMQ Software 3/16/85
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