From: Michael Campbell <michael_s_campbell@...>
Date: 2003-09-20T04:11:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Trouble with binary files?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: agemoagemo@yahoo.com [mailto:agemoagemo@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 2:01 PM
> To: ruby-talk ML
> Subject: Trouble with binary files?
> 
> 
> 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?

Are you using the "b" modifier on the open call? 


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