({{, (RefLink[BinaryFormat, paclet:ref/BinaryFormat]) 
is an option for (RefLink[OpenRead, paclet:ref/OpenRead]) and related functions that specifies that a stream should be opened in binary format, so that no textual interpretation of newlines or other data is done.}})

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OpenersExampleSection0(Spacer1)Basic Examples  (1)

(RefLink[BinaryFormat, paclet:ref/BinaryFormat]) is an option for streams:

OpenWrite[]

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