Re: Script OK on RO... but fails on PC nsPerl

On Sat 06 Jul, Richard Proctor wrote:
> 
> On Fri 05 Jul, Philip Perry wrote:
> > Hello All,
> > 
> > I'm having a problem with processing an Windows Outlook Express '.dbx'
> > file.
> > 
> > The script I've written to cut down the file to plain text works a treat
> > on the RISC OS port of Perl5.... but when I run it on the nsPerl port
> > installed on my friends PC it appears to choke on bytes containing the
> > value 0x1A. If these bytes are removed in a text editor, all then goes
> > well on the PC.
> > 
> 
> The problems is with windows treating text and binary files differently.
> 
> If you make the input Binary then it will work.

Hello All,
Thanks Richard for your reply,

Sorry to be such a dunce on this topic but how do I go about making the
input binary?

Is it something I need to do on the Windows side before running the
script? Perhaps a DOS command? The properties window for the emails.dbx
file has 'Archive' ticked... which I guess corresponds with DOS
attribute 'a'. But having no background with the PC I'm learning as I go
with a pretty basic 'MS-DOS Step by Step' text from the library! (The
only one they had).

Or is there a Perl 'lever' to fiddle with?

Best regards, Philip. 


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