On Sun 07 Jul, Philip Perry wrote: > On Sat 06 Jul, Richard Proctor wrote: > > > > On Fri 05 Jul, Philip Perry wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > > > I'm having a problem with processing an Windows Outlook Express '.dbx' > > > file. > > > > > > The script I've written to cut down the file to plain text works a treat > > > on the RISC OS port of Perl5.... but when I run it on the nsPerl port > > > installed on my friends PC it appears to choke on bytes containing the > > > value 0x1A. If these bytes are removed in a text editor, all then goes > > > well on the PC. > > > > > > > The problems is with windows treating text and binary files differently. > > > > If you make the input Binary then it will work. > > Hello All, > Thanks Richard for your reply, > > Sorry to be such a dunce on this topic but how do I go about making the > input binary? >
In my reply yesterday I had added the necesary line to your program... add: binmode INFILE; after opening the file, you can leave it in for all systems, under Riscos this is in effect a no-op. Richard -- Personal [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.waveney.org Telecoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.WaveneyConsulting.com Web services [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wavwebs.com Independent Telecommunications Consultant, ATM expert, Web Analyst & Services
