12-21-2008
On opening the file from ftp server if you could find extra characters (square shaped) appended all over the file . U can assume that the transfer mode is ASCII.. and if not then Binary ..
Binary is the preferred mode of file transfer
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binary.peekstring
Binary.peekString(3kaya) Kaya module reference Binary.peekString(3kaya)
NAME
Binary::peekString - Read a String from binary data.
SYNOPSIS
String peekString( Binary block, Int offset )
ARGUMENTS
block The binary block
offset The location to read from (starting from zero)
DESCRIPTION
Peek at the string val starting at offset offset
An Binary.OffsetOutOfRange(3kaya) exception will be thrown if it attempts to access a value outside the block. Note that Kaya assumes the
String is stored in the block in UTF-8 encoding, with null-termination.
AUTHORS
Kaya standard library by Edwin Brady, Chris Morris and others (kaya@kayalang.org). For further information see http://kayalang.org/
LICENSE
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