SPUG: Not reading to end of binary file on the PC

[Greg McCarroll]

* Johnston, Mark (mark.johnston at pnl.gov) wrote:
> Cheryl,
> 
> you are using ("< $binlog") may be forcing standard input to be used as the file
> handle.  As far as I know, standard input and standard output always interpret
> their streams as text -- never as binary.

sorry, i don't have a solution for this as its been years since i did
any programming on Win32 (and months since i did any Perl programming), 
however it sounds like sysread might help you out here, if what Mark says 
is true.

Greg

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Greg McCarroll                          http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net

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