README for File::Binary 1.1

=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.

1.10  Tue Sep 23 15:43:13 2003
	- add in seek and tell after suggestion from Britton Kerin

1.00  Fri Mar 11 09:28:45 2003
	- finish and uplaod to Cpan

=head1 AUTHOR

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


