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How can I read a hex byte value from a file?
I came here to report that I'd found the solution. Thanks anyway, rosenk. That was a very quick response. -
How can I read a hex byte value from a file?
getc is supposed to return a char. I find that it doesn't return the correct value for non-printable characters. For example: open(FILE, $ARGV[$1]) || die("can't open: $!"); $namlen=getc(FILE); $len=read(FILE,$fname,$namlen); The first byte contains the length of the string that...
