README for File::Binary 1.3

=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::Scalar
 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.

1.30  Tue  1 Aug 2006 16:42:01 BST
    - fix seek bug thank to patch from Karl Forner

1.20  Tue Mar  2 16:20:47 GMT 2004
    - fixed a braino spotted by Thomas L. Shinnick

=head1 AUTHOR

Copyright 2003, Simon Wistow <simon@thegestalt.org>


