From: Rob Biedenharn <Rob@...>
Date: 2007-11-10T01:11:01+09:00
Subject: Re: File 'rb' on non-Windows


On Nov 9, 2007, at 10:59 AM, Daniel Berger wrote:

> 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

It's not "ignored", it just has no effect because there's no  
difference between "binary" mode and the default for Unix-like systems.

-Rob

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