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ciigma
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Dec 17, 2008, 10:37 AM

Post #1 of 5 (364 views)
Writing binary to binary files... Can't Post
I have spent awhile googling around for an answer to this but I can't seem to find one:

I want to be able to write to an output file 2 bits at a time.

I tried creating and opening an output file and then calling "binmode", but everything I write to the file still seems to be in plain old ASCII (1 byte chunks).

Any ideas? Thanks :)


KevinR
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Dec 17, 2008, 11:15 AM

Post #2 of 5 (354 views)
Re: [ciigma] Writing binary to binary files... [In reply to] Can't Post
posting your code might help although I have a suspicion I won't be able to help with your question. Or ask on www.perlmonks.com
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ciigma
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Dec 17, 2008, 11:19 AM

Post #3 of 5 (353 views)
Re: [KevinR] Writing binary to binary files... [In reply to] Can't Post
well, is it even possible to write to a file 2 bits at a time with perl?


KevinR
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Dec 17, 2008, 11:29 AM

Post #4 of 5 (351 views)
Re: [ciigma] Writing binary to binary files... [In reply to] Can't Post
If it is possible I don't know how. Its not something I have ever needed to do and its a question I have never seen posted on a perl forum before. I think your best bet at this time is to ask on www.perlmonks.com
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FishMonger
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Dec 17, 2008, 11:35 AM

Post #5 of 5 (349 views)
Re: [ciigma] Writing binary to binary files... [In reply to] Can't Post
In Reply To
well, is it even possible to write to a file 2 bits at a time with perl?
Yes it is. Read these docs

perldoc -f sysopen
perldoc -f syswrite

 
 


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