in reply to Opening certain files

It's odd that you talk of the file being defined in terms of C++ structs, since I think C++ doesn't define the memory layout of structs.

There is Convert::Binary::C, but it's usually simpler just to use unpack. You can read blocks of the appropriate size using read or by setting $/ appropriately with readline (aka <>).

(Too slow!)

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Re^2: Opening certain files
by mjscott2702 (Pilgrim) on Nov 09, 2010 at 08:44 UTC
    Would the readline approach still work if it was a packed binary file, with fixed size records ("structs") with no end-of-record indicator?

    In this case, wouldn't it be necessary to binmode the filehandle and read the required number of bytes, before unpacking?

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      Would the readline approach still work if it was a packed binary file, with fixed size records ("structs") with no end-of-record indicator?

      I said it would. Did you got read the documentation to which I linked?

      wouldn't it be necessary to binmode the filehandle

      Yes, no matter which method you use.

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