Reading binary from STDIN in windows

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Windows again -(
How can I read a binary file from STDIN?

For example, in linux I can copy some.pdf to test.pdf:

ruby -e 'i=STDIN.read; open("test.pdf","w").write(i)' <some.pdf

in windows I can (and must) use "wb" instead of "w", but how do I specify
STDIN to be binary?

(I need this for a filter working on pdf-files)

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Wybo

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Try this:

ruby -e 'STDIN.binmode;i=STDIN.read;
open("test.pdf","wb").write(i)' < some.pdf

Notice how binmode sets the binary mode.
-- shanko

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--- Wybo Dekker <wybo@servalys.nl> wrote:

Windows again -(
How can I read a binary file from STDIN?

For example, in linux I can copy some.pdf to
test.pdf:

ruby -e 'i=STDIN.read;
open("test.pdf","w").write(i)' <some.pdf

in windows I can (and must) use "wb" instead of "w",
but how do I specify
STDIN to be binary?

(I need this for a filter working on pdf-files)

--
Wybo

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that works, thanks!
(I had been scanning STDIN's available methods but missed it...)

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On Fri, 24 Jun 2005, Shashank Date wrote:

Try this:

ruby -e 'STDIN.binmode;i=STDIN.read;
open("test.pdf","wb").write(i)' < some.pdf

Notice how binmode sets the binary mode.

--
Wybo