NAME
File::Binary - Binary file reading module
SYNOPSIS
use File::Binary qw($BIG_ENDIAN $LITTLE_ENDIAN $NATIVE_ENDIAN);
my $fb = File::Binary->new("myfile");
$fb->get_ui8();
$fb->get_ui16();
$fb->get_ui32();
$fb->get_si8();
$fb->get_si16();
$fb->get_si32();
$fb->close();
$fb->open(">newfile");
$fb->put_ui8(255);
$fb->put_ui16(65535);
$fb->put_ui32(4294967295);
$fb->put_si8(-127);
$fb->put_si16(-32767);
$fb->put_si32(-2147483645);
$fb->close();
$fb->open(IO::Scalar->new($somedata));
$fb->set_endian($BIG_ENDIAN); # force endianness
# do what they say on the tin
$fb->seek($pos);
$fb->tell();
# etc etcDEPENDENCIES
This module has external dependencies on the following modules:
IO::File 1.14
IO::Scalar 1.126
Test::MoreINSTALLATION
perl Makefile.PL
make testand if all goes well
make installHISTORY
Revision history for Perl extension File::Binary. 1.60 Mon 31 Mar 2008 19:06:03 BST - Specify minimum version of IO::File - Make binmode more automatic - Change tests to exercise IO::Scalar
1.50 Wed 12 Mar 2008 20:08:06 GMT - fix a bug to do with binmode of file handles thanks to Peter Möller
1.40 Wed 30 Aug 2006 20:09:25 BST - fix bug with checking file handle on open thanks to Duane Hitz
AUTHOR
Copyright 2003, Simon Wistow <simon@thegestalt.org>
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