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 etc

DEPENDENCIES

This module has external dependencies on the following modules:

IO::Scalar
Test::More

INSTALLATION

perl Makefile.PL
make test

and if all goes well

make install

HISTORY

Revision history for Perl extension File::Binary. 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

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>