Mr bean says :
Another possibility - you may need to set your output handle to binmode as well ...

Do you do this? Your response was "I tried reading the whole file at once. Doesn't do the trick. " which is completely disconnected. binmode is the trick. Did you binmode?

FYI - binmode is not just for "dos"

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"

I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).

** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.