From: Elaine -HFB- Ashton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > siren jones [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth: > *>Is it possible to use LWP::Simple to retrieve a binary file (i.e. a > .netCDF *>file)? Using the following code I can retrieve what I'm > guessing are parts *>of the file. That is, what is retrieved is > always 3871 bytes even though *>the file is actually much larger. > Worse, I can not read the .netcdf file *>once it is retrieved. Any > ideas why this may be the case? Or better yet, *>how to grab a binary > data file off the web? > > I don't know what a .netCDF file is but I have no trouble getting > .jpg, ..gif, .tar.gz, etc. files with LWP::Simple.
But you seem to be using Unix. binmode(FILEHANDLE); is a NOOP (NO OPeration) under Unix, since Unix uses one character newlines, but it gets important when using Windows. Jenda =========== [EMAIL PROTECTED] == http://Jenda.Krynicky.cz ========== There is a reason for living. There must be. I've seen it somewhere. It's just that in the mess on my table ... and in my brain. I can't find it. --- me -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
