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Re: pack/unpack binary file

by BrowserUk (Patriarch)
on Nov 29, 2012 at 22:58 UTC ( [id://1006372]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to pack/unpack binary file

I am unable to repack it to a bin file after I'm done with it

You aren't packing the output. You are sprintfing it to hex; which is just a text representation.

If you want the output (re)packed, use pack. (And don't forget to binmod your output file.)


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