At 10:05 2007-03-29, glogic_1 wrote:
>Hey all
>Just a general query about binary files. Now im aware that getLine
>doesnt work with binary files but im wondering why this is

because binary files don't have lines.

>  what
>actually happens?

it reads data until it finds a "newline" (and what that is, depends on your OS.

>i checked it out on the net and all the info i found
>was abit over my head.. can anyone break it down into noob english?

noobs shouldn't be mesing w/ binary files.


>and also what do i have to watch out for when porting binary files
>from one computer architecture to another?

some computer systems store the least significant byte of numbers 
first, others the most significant.  you have to watch out for that

>  in some of the info there
>were references of a danger in doing this but never went into detail..
>any ideas what this means?
>
>sorry if the questions are vague just trying to get a feel for files
>at the moment
>thanks
>g
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