From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2005-09-01T14:01:23+09:00
Subject: Re: how to read binary file with char 0x1A


hsun wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to read a binary file with a char '0x1A' (EOF on window I guess).
> The method
>
> File::each_byte stops at this char.
>
> How can get it to read the whole file? Is there a binary mode for file operation?
> 
> Thanks

  contents = open(filename, "rb") { |f| f.read }