From: Gene Vincent <gene@...>
Date: 2009-04-02T05:55:07+09:00
Subject: Re: BInary Files

Michael Malone wrote:
> Gene Vincent wrote:
>> Hi I'm pretty new to Ruby and writing code in general. That being said
>> Im trying to learn how to create and modify(by a percentage) a binary
>> file. Any advise or pointers would be apprieciated.
>>   
> My personal view, is that binary files should be avoided unless
> absolutely necessary.  Being able to look through the contents of a file
> and eyeball what's wrong is incredibly useful.  That being said, if you
> absolutely need to write binary, take a look at the documentation for
> the Array#pack method.  That should give you a nice starting point.
> 
> Michael
> 
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sadly yes I do have to use some binary files for the test im trying to 
run, but thank you very much for the info.
Gene
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