From: Heinz Werntges <werntges@...>
Date: 2003-09-20T04:08:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Trouble with binary files?

agemoagemo@yahoo.com wrote:

>I'm trying to write a program that will read a binary
>file into an buffer, do stuff with it, and then write
>the result back into another file. However, I'm
>running into a problem. 
>
>I haven't been able to find a way that will read in
>more than the first 160 bytes (of a 910 byte file).
>I've tried using each_byte and looping with getc, as
>well as storing the results in a string or an array.
>
>I've never had this sort of problem working with text
>files. Is there something else I have to do to be able
>to work with binary data?
>
>-Morgan.
>
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Did you try IO#binmode ? Unix guys (like me) typically miss that
when working in a Windows environment.

Cheers,

    -- Heinz