Sorry John, wasn't watching where I was sending the reply... -----Original Message----- From: Derek Byrne Sent: 24 June 2003 21:40 To: 'John W. Krahn' Subject: RE: Binary file conversion
best thing is to try opening them with notepad (if you got windows 9x/NT). dat files are usually text files with info and the .idx file would be the index file.. although I could be wrong :o) -----Original Message----- From: John W. Krahn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24 June 2003 21:21 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Binary file conversion Ned Cunningham wrote: > > HI all. Hello, > I have what appears to be a C++ file set (i.e. phone.dat, phone.idx). That looks like a database file set. The file command should tell you what they are: $ file phone.dat phone.idx > My question is can Perl read these files and what modules do I need to do > it. perldoc AnyDBM_File John -- use Perl; program fulfillment -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ Meteor web site http://www.meteor.ie ************************************************************************ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
