From: Park Hee-Sob <heesobpark@...>
Date: 2001-07-12T14:28:50+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:17697] Re: Funky file.each_byte


Hi,

 --- Tyler <nlper@junglemate.com> wrote: 

>   count = 0
>   f = File.new( ARGV[0], "r")
>   f.each_byte do
>     count += 1
>   end
>   f.close
... 
> Any ideas? Is this a Windows-specific oddity or
> showing up elsewhere?
> 
refer to
http://www.rubycentral.com/book/ref_c_io.html#binmode

insert f.binmode after file open like following

   count = 0
   f = File.new( ARGV[0], "r")
   f.binmode
   f.each_byte do
     count += 1
   end
   f.close

> TIA, Tyler 

Park Hee-Sob