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::Scalar
Test::MoreINSTALLATION
perl Makefile.PL
make testand if all goes well
make installHISTORY
Revision history for Perl extension File::Binary.
1.40 Wed 30 Aug 2006 20:09:25 BST - fix bug with checking file handle on open thanks to Duane Hitz
1.30 Tue 1 Aug 2006 16:42:01 BST - fix seek bug thank to patch from Karl Forner
AUTHOR
Copyright 2003, Simon Wistow <simon@thegestalt.org>