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reading binary from STDIN in windows

Wybo Dekker

6/23/2005 8:10:00 PM

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Shashank Date

6/23/2005 9:31:00 PM

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Try this:

ruby -e 'STDIN.binmode;i=STDIN.read;
open("test.pdf","wb").write(i)' < some.pdf

Notice how binmode sets the binary mode.
-- shanko

--- Wybo Dekker <wybo@servalys.nl> wrote:

> Windows again -(
> How can I read a binary file from STDIN?
>
> For example, in linux I can copy some.pdf to
> test.pdf:
>
> ruby -e 'i=STDIN.read;
> open("test.pdf","w").write(i)' <some.pdf
>
> in windows I can (and must) use "wb" instead of "w",
> but how do I specify
> STDIN to be binary?
>
> (I need this for a filter working on pdf-files)
>
> --
> Wybo
>
>




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Wybo Dekker

6/24/2005 6:58:00 AM

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