Re^10: Question about binary file I/O

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Check perlfunc if you want. But the standard is to seek and then to write or syswrite. (The difference being whether you want to buffer your requests to write. Usually you do. Really.)

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Re^11: Question about binary file I/O by ikegami (Patriarch) on Mar 05, 2011 at 09:16 UTC
I think you mean `print` (buffered by default) or `syswrite` (unbuffered)? `write` is not the opposite of `read`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^12: Question about binary file I/O by tilly (Archbishop) on Mar 05, 2011 at 10:45 UTC
Gah, I've been playing with Python too much. You're right.	[reply]
Re^13: Question about binary file I/O by TheMartianGeek (Novice) on Mar 05, 2011 at 15:25 UTC
So there is no single function that does that...well, that just sucks. I was hoping I could do it without needing seek(), but I guess if that's the only way, I don't have much of a choice. Isn't there a website somewhere where you can suggest features for the next version of Perl? That would be at least the second thing that I could think of.	[reply]
Re^14: Question about binary file I/O by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 05, 2011 at 15:33 UTC
Re^15: Question about binary file I/O by TheMartianGeek (Novice) on Mar 05, 2011 at 22:11 UTC
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