how to read binary file with char 0x1A

[hsun]

Hi,

I tried to read a binary file with a char '0x1A' (EOF on window I guess).=
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The method

File::each_byte stops at this char.=20

How can get it to read the whole file? Is there a binary mode for file op=
eration?

Thanks

 

[Eric Hodel]

Hi,

I tried to read a binary file with a char '0x1A' (EOF on window I
guess). The method

File::each_byte stops at this char.
How can get it to read the whole file? Is there a binary mode for
file operation?

File.open name, 'rb' do |fp|
# ...
end

PS: File::each_byte references a class method. You meant
File#each_byte.

 

[William James]

Hi,

I tried to read a binary file with a char '0x1A' (EOF on window I guess).
The method

File::each_byte stops at this char.

How can get it to read the whole file? Is there a binary mode for file operation?

Thanks

contents = open(filename, "rb") { |f| f.read }

 

[SHIGETOMI, Takuhiko]

hello.

contents = open(filename, "rb") { |f| f.read }

see also: IO.binmode

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3rd-planet/fareast/jp/tky/shigetomi.takuhiko.5618

 

[Brian Schröder]

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On 31 Aug 2005, at 21:24, hsun wrote:
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File.open name, 'rb' do |fp|
# ...
end
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PS: File::each_byte references a class method. You meant
File#each_byte.
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That is one of the things that I did not understand for a long time,
because File#each_byte is valid ruby, a constant and a comment, and I
did not get that it is a way to say "the method of a file instance".

So I just wanted to pop in here and say:=20

File#each means each is a method of a File instance

maybe that helps someone with the same confusion I had ;-)

regards,

Brian

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[Ara.T.Howard]

Hi,

I tried to read a binary file with a char '0x1A' (EOF on window I guess). The
method

File::each_byte stops at this char.
How can get it to read the whole file? Is there a binary mode for file
operation?

Thanks

open(path, 'rb') do |f|
...
end

hth.

-a
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