[ruby-core:109064] Re: [Ruby master Bug#18882] File.read cuts off a text file with special characters when reading it on MS Windows

This is probably not a Ruby bug. On a Windows system, you should be using `binread` or open the file with mode `’rb’`.

-a

> On Jun 27, 2022, at 07:12, magynhard <[e-mail]> wrote:
> 
> Issue #18882 has been reported by magynhard (Matthäus Johannes Beyrle).
> 
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> Bug #18882: File.read cuts off a text file with special characters when reading it on MS Windows
> https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18882
> 
> * Author: magynhard (Matthäus Johannes Beyrle)
> * Status: Open
> * Priority: Normal
> * ruby -v: ruby 3.1.2p20 (2022-04-12 revision 4491bb740a) [x64-mingw-ucrt]
> * Backport: 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN
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> When using File.read to read a text file (in this case a javascript file) with special characters, the content is cut off at special characters.
> 
> It occurs only when running ruby on Windows, tried several versions, including the latest.
> 
> Does not occur on Linux or WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux).
> 
> I created a github repo including a test script and the source file as the result inside a file as well:
> https://github.com/grob-net4industry/ruby_win_file_bug
> 
> ---Files--------------------------------
> copy_pdfmake.min.js (582 KB)
> pdfmake.min.js (1.29 MB)
> diff.png (55.9 KB)
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