From: Heesob Park <phasis@...>
Date: 2009-03-17T12:28:02+09:00
Subject: Re: File.open().read.length result incorrect on Windows Server

Hi,

2009/3/17 Aaron Chandler <vitalaaron@gmail.com>:
> Hi,
>
> I need to open and read a 7.6M file on an EC2 Windows Server 2003
> machine, and when I try using:
>
> File.open('bigfile.flv').read.length
>
> the result I get is 22731 (wrong) with the last characters of the file
> data being "\334r\227\000\220-".
>
> In comparison, when I run this same command for the same file on my Mac,
> I get 7941109 (correct) with the last characters of the file data being
> "\000\000\000\250"
>
> It appears as if the file data is being truncated in Windows. Anyone
> have an idea as to why I would be seeing results like this?
>
Try
File.open('bigfile.flv','rb').read.length

Refer to http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.ruby/browse_thread/thread/47209184b760c8e4/e8aca721faa8ac67

Regards,

Park Heesob