From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2009-09-05T21:10:33+09:00
Subject: Re: End of file error when trying to Marshal.load


Please do not top post.

On 05.09.2009 13:45, Vahagn Hayrapetyan wrote:
> Tim, I'm on Mac OS X (Leopard). Now I have:
> 
>   Marshal.dump(o, File.open("output.txt", "wb"))
>   data = File.open("output.txt", "rb")
>   obj = Marshal.load(data)
> 
> But I get the exact same error.
> 
> / Vahagn
> 
> Tim Hunter wrote:
>> Vahagn Hayrapetyan wrote:
>>> file. What's wrong?
>> I'm guessing you're on Windows. You need to open the file in binary
>> mode. That is, with "wb" and "rb".

You also need to make sure you write the complete file which you don't 
because you're not closing the File properly.

http://blog.rubybestpractices.com/posts/rklemme/001-Using_blocks_for_Robustness.html

Cheers

	robert


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