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 > > > >To unsubscribe, send a blank message to ><mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > Victor A. Wagner Jr. http://rudbek.com The five most dangerous words in the English language: "There oughta be a law"
