Re: Distinguishing text from binary data

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Re^2: Distinguishing text from binary data by Anonymous Monk on Oct 05, 2004 at 09:49 UTC
No it isn't a file - it's a body of an HTTP response. I suppose I can write it to a file, although it does seem like a waste...	[reply]
Re^3: Distinguishing text from binary data by dave_the_m (Monsignor) on Oct 05, 2004 at 10:17 UTC
No it isn't a file - it's a body of an HTTP response In that case, is examining the `Content-type:` header in the response sufficient? Dave.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Distinguishing text from binary data by gothic_mallard (Pilgrim) on Oct 05, 2004 at 11:52 UTC
I'd tend to agree that the simplest course would probably be to check the headers that came with the data - they should give you the content-type as well as the encoding without you having to make assumptions about what makes the code binary or otherwise. --- Jay All code is untested unless otherwise stated.	[reply]
Re^3: Distinguishing text from binary data by nothingmuch (Priest) on Oct 06, 2004 at 00:21 UTC
Those tests work on filehandles too, so if you have a socket, that should work. `perldoc -f -X` says it reads the current buffer for FHs, and the first block for files. -nuffin zz zZ Z Z #!perl	[reply] [d/l]