From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2009-05-11T17:55:06+09:00
Subject: Re: File over tcp? with out using net/ftp

2009/5/11 Albert Schlef <albertschlef@gmail.com>:
> Bigmac Turdsplash wrote:
>> i have tested with this and it works with text files but thats it...
>> image files and executable's dont function after being sent threw the
>> socket...you said i should open files in binary mode? how can i do this
>> and then after words will the files function properly?
>
> You're probbaly using Windows. Instead of:
>
>> file = File.new('file.jpg')
>> destFile = File.new('file-received.jpg', 'w')
>
> Do:
>
> file = File.new('file.jpg', 'b')
> destFile = File.new('file-received.jpg', 'wb')

I would do that regardless of platform for these reasons

- documentation (immediately clear that this file is treated as binary),
- portability of programs.

Kind regards

robert

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