README for File::Binary 1.6

=head1 NAME

File::Binary - Binary file reading module

=head1 SYNOPSIS

   use File::Binary qw($BIG_ENDIAN $LITTLE_ENDIAN $NATIVE_ENDIAN);

   my $fb = File::Binary->new("myfile");

   $fb->get_ui8();
   $fb->get_ui16();
   $fb->get_ui32();
   $fb->get_si8();
   $fb->get_si16();
   $fb->get_si32();

   $fb->close();

   $fb->open(">newfile");

   $fb->put_ui8(255);
   $fb->put_ui16(65535);
   $fb->put_ui32(4294967295);
   $fb->put_si8(-127);
   $fb->put_si16(-32767);
   $fb->put_si32(-2147483645);

   $fb->close();


   $fb->open(IO::Scalar->new($somedata));
   $fb->set_endian($BIG_ENDIAN); # force endianness

   # do what they say on the tin
   $fb->seek($pos);
   $fb->tell();

   # etc etc



=head1 DEPENDENCIES

This module has external dependencies on the following modules:

IO::File       1.14
IO::Scalar     1.126
Test::More

=head1 INSTALLATION

perl Makefile.PL
make test

and if all goes well

make install

=head1 HISTORY

Revision history for Perl extension File::Binary.
1.60  Mon 31 Mar 2008 19:06:03 BST
   - Specify minimum version of IO::File
   - Make binmode more automatic
   - Change tests to exercise IO::Scalar

1.50  Wed 12 Mar 2008 20:08:06 GMT
   - fix a bug to do with binmode of file handles thanks to Peter Möller

1.40  Wed 30 Aug 2006 20:09:25 BST
   - fix bug with checking file handle on open thanks to Duane Hitz

=head1 AUTHOR

Copyright 2003, Simon Wistow <[email protected]>

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