Re^2: output binary data

thanks for the usual great help, dear monks.

I don't think binmode is necessary on a unix machine.

Now maybe someone can tell me how I reply to my original post, without branching off someone else's...

BTW, that "three two" was supposed to be "two four" :-)

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Re^3: output binary data by roboticus (Chancellor) on Dec 29, 2010 at 12:55 UTC
Allasso: While it's true that `binmode` isn't required on a unix box, nowhere in the OP did you mention unix. Using binmode can help portability, so I mentioned because you (or a reader solving a similar problem) might have been using Windows or other OS that may need it. As for replying to your own node, I see that the "Comment on" link is below the update section, so I imagine that you'd just click it as for any other node. (Not intending to be snarky, I almost missed it when I looked for it too. I was expecting it to be above the update stuff.) ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: output binary data
by roboticus (Chancellor) on Dec 29, 2010 at 12:55 UTC

Allasso:

While it's true that binmode isn't required on a unix box, nowhere in the OP did you mention unix. Using binmode can help portability, so I mentioned because you (or a reader solving a similar problem) might have been using Windows or other OS that may need it.

As for replying to your own node, I see that the "Comment on" link is below the update section, so I imagine that you'd just click it as for any other node. (Not intending to be snarky, I almost missed it when I looked for it too. I was expecting it to be above the update stuff.)

...roboticus

When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

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