Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED],
On 17-Jul-00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> As per your instructions: Here is the code
> fragment with your suggested changes:
> ;============================================
> fp: open/read/binary/direct %TestBin.txt ;
> fp: skip fp 10
> print to-string buffer: copy/part fp 10
> close fp
>>> do %BinFile.r
> abcdefghij
>
> This is on Win NT 4.0
> What type of machine are you using?
> Did it actually work for you.
> Thanks for looking at this!
> Tim
Unfortunally REBOL seems to have some bugs/inconsistencies in this area.
I've confirmed your results on REBOL 2.3.0.1.1 (Amiga).
For now you could try dropping the /binary statement and use 'read-io instead.
Seem's to work here:
## fp: open/read/direct %testbin.txt
## fp: skip fp 10
## buffer: make binary! 10
== #{}
## read-io fp buffer 10
== 10
## print buffer
#{6B6C6D6E6F7071727374}
## print to-string buffer
klmnopqrst
So far so good, here comes the odd stuff:
## print fp/state/fpos
0
hmm, there's a file position indicator (I guess :-), but it isn't updated...
## print length? fp/state/inbuffer
6
What? didn't I say "no buffering"
## print fp/state/inbuffer
uvwxyz
Seems not...
This (among other things) seems like a bug and should probably be reported to
feedback...
Best regards
Thomas Jensen
