From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2003-12-18T20:56:58+09:00
Subject: Re: Binary-safe file IO


"Carl Youngblood" <carl@youngbloods.org> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:Ap7Eb.573803$HS4.4315108@attbi_s01...
> Is this only applicable to Windows then?  I happened to be on Windows at
> the time, but I'm developing this application cross-platform and testing
> it on Windows, linux and OS X.  Will this code still work on other
> platforms?

Should be done on all platforms to maintain portability and for
documentation IMHO.

    robert

>
> Thanks,
> Carl
>
> Hal Fulton wrote:
> > Carl Youngblood wrote:
> >
> >> Hi, I'm trying to embed a binary file inside a ruby script but I'm
> >> having trouble.  To test it out, I wrote a simple script that will
> >> take a binary file and encode it to base64 and then decode it again
> >> and write out the result.  Here it is:
> >>
> >> require 'base64'
> >> bindata = File.open('oldbinfile').read
> >> File.open('newbinfile', 'w') do |f|
> >>     f.write decode64(encode64(bindata))
> >> end
> >>
> >> When I run this, newbinfile is not identical to oldbinfile anymore.
> >> Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?  I'm assuming that the File IO
> >> functions are not binary safe, but what should I use instead?
> >
> >
> > Are you on Windows? If so, 'wb' as a mode might help (binary mode).
> >
> > Hal
> >
> >
> >
>