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.TH FROMBIN 1 "21 December 2002"
.SH NAME
tobin \- convert a series of files into a series of macbinary files
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B tobin
.RB [ \-res filename ]
.RB [ \-type 4-character-string ]
.RB [ \-creator 4-character-string ]
.BR file ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
The program
.B tobin
reads a series of files and wraps them up in a macbinary wrapper.
On the mac it read the resource fork and file create/type flags from the
filesystem (as one would expect).
On non-mac systems (where these concepts do not exist) you may specify these
on the command line with options.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-res filename 
Specify the name of a file from which a "resource fork" should be read. This argument should
precede the data file with which it is associated (if you want a file with no
data fork, you may omit the data file).
.TP
.B \-type 4-character-string
Specify the a mac 4 character type string used to tell the finder what kind of
file it is. This argument should
precede the data or resource file with which it is associated.
.TP
.B \-creator 4-character-string
Specify the a mac 4 character type string used to tell the finder what application
is associated with this file. This argument should
precede the data or resource file with which it is associated.
.SH AUTHOR
George Williams (gww@silcom.com).
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