CAM::PDF %PDF-

fionbarr has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am having (generally) good results with CAM::PDF but a LOT of the files I am trying to read have the error

"Content does not begin with \"%PDF-\"\n";
[download]

what's the chance of ignoring this error and trying to continue?

Comment on CAM::PDF %PDF- Download Code

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Re: CAM::PDF %PDF- by Corion (Patriarch) on Nov 11, 2009 at 18:31 UTC
If the file does not start with `%PDF-`, it's not a PDF file. So I would assume that your chances are pretty slim to none. Have you considered actually looking at the file contents?	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: CAM::PDF %PDF- by fionbarr (Friar) on Nov 11, 2009 at 18:46 UTC
ah ha! Adobe reader (trying to open this file) says that the file 'has been damaged (for example, it was sent as an email attachment and wasn't correctly decoded. I'll try to open it and look at it otherwise. Thanks	[reply]
Re: CAM::PDF %PDF- by shenme (Priest) on Nov 11, 2009 at 22:20 UTC
I ran into problems with CAM::PDF and others, as apparently Adobe specified that line endings must be only '\n', and not the often seen '\r\n'. Thus if a file passed through something that 'translated' line endings, the strict matching would fail. Differences between specifications, specification documents, and the real world. (sigh)	[reply]


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