On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:18:56 +0800 <C_C_Kuo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: :>Could someone tell me how to know the file is binary or ASCII? I am by now means an expert, but the questions does not make any sense. You would need to define what an "ascii file" is, and how it is different from a "binary file". I guess that you could read thru the data and make sure that all bytes are in a specific subset, perhaps a-zA-Z0-9, various punctuation, NL/CR, etc. but even if so it does not mean that none of that data is float or int. :>I know both of them are stream of bytes but interpreted by different ways. :>My questions are: :>1. How can I know this without opening it? Not a clue. :>2. how can I see all the information in a file, include all the control characters, like linein, print character and line feed, etc. fopen in binary. :>3. Is there any tool on Linux can open binary file? I am sure that many can. :>4. Is there any tool on Linux can transfer ASCII to binary and binary to ASCII? What does that mean? -- Binyamin Dissen <bdissen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://www.dissensoftware.com Director, Dissen Software, Bar & Grill - Israel Should you use the mailblocks package and expect a response from me, you should preauthorize the dissensoftware.com domain. I very rarely bother responding to challenge/response systems, especially those from irresponsible companies. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
