Re: file read problem

["Adam D. Moss" <adam@...>]

Philippe Lhoste wrote:
> > Try "rb" and "wb" as the 2-nd parameter to io.open().
>
>
> Yes, that's that. I tested this code on a Unix-style file (the Lua 
> manual) and since I ran it on Windows, I actually got a bigger file: LFs 
> were transformed to CR+LFs.
>
> Binary files were indeed truncated. Probably on first \0 found... Adding 
> b is the way to go with binary files or if you want to preserve original 
> EOL.

IIRC, ^Z was treated as an EOF marker on 'DOS text' files.

Regards,
--Adam