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 <simon@thegestalt.org>


