From: Javier None <javierisassi@...>
Date: 2007-05-25T05:02:49+09:00
Subject: sending data, no strings via socket

I'm trying to send data like

typedef struct{
   u_int32_t type;
   u_int8_t len;
   u_int8_t * buf;
}

over a tcp socket using ruby.

Anything I push over the socket comes out the other end as a string..

in Ruby..

data = 10
socket = TCPSocket.new(home,port)
socket.write(data)

on the other end I get
receieved byte dump
0000: 31 30                10

which is the ascii for 10. How can I tell Ruby to send the 0x10?
even if I write
data = 0x10
on the other side I get:
0000: 31 36                16
Which again, is the ascii getting send, not the data.
thanks for any help.

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