From: Daniel Berger <djberg96@...>
Date: 2007-11-10T00:59:43+09:00
Subject: Re: File 'rb' on non-Windows

Jari Williamsson wrote:
> To open binary files, on Windows the statement:
> File.new("myfile", "rb")
> is required.
> 
> The docs just seem to say that the "b" is a Windows-only thing, not what 
> happens on other platforms. Will the "b" flag just be filtered out on 
> Linux/OS X?

It is ignored on other platforms, yes.

Regards,

Dan