File.open(filename, 'rb:BINARY) { |f| f.read } might help not sure though.
You can also look into the unpack method of a string that is used for
returning a bunch of different serialization formats.
http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/String.html#M000760
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On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Håkon Clausen <hako...@hclausen.net>wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm struggling with converting a byte array into a ruby binary string.
> Does anybody know how to make something like this pass?
>
> require 'test/unit'
> include System::IO
> class Binstring < Test::Unit::TestCase
>
> def test_binstring_bytea
> fileName = 'flowers.jpg'
>
> #Ruby way
> data1 = File.read(fileName)
>
> #.Net
> fs = FileStream.new(fileName, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
> br = BinaryReader.new(fs);
> numBytes = FileInfo.new(fileName).Length;
> buff = br.ReadBytes(numBytes);
> data2 = System::Text::ASCIIEncoding.new.GetString(buff).to_s
>
> assert data1 == data2
> end
>
> end
>
> Regards,
>
> Håkon
>
>
> --
> Håkon Clausen
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>
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