Re: The 26 problem when reading binary files
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg3423] Re: The 26 problem when reading binary files
- From: Harald Berndt <haraldb at nature.berkeley.edu>
- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 01:46:54 -0500
- Organization: University of California Forest Prodcts Lab
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
peter wrote: > When reading a binary file as e.g. list of Byte, Mathematica interprets > a 26 as A EndOfFile character and terminates filereading. > Is there a way to avoid this without using the package FastBinaryFiles No, Peter! Not on DOS-based machines with current versions of Mma. Even if it would work, I highly recommend using FastBinaryFiles because of its speed advantage. Best, ==== [MESSAGE SEPARATOR] ====