binary files in haskell

[Sven Panne]

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Timmy Douglas wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone here has a solution for writing binary files
> that works in hugs and ghc that doesn't require getting libs.

I dont' know exactly about the current status of Hugs' libs, but I fear
the answer to your question is "no".

> I looked at this page:
> http://haskell.cs.yale.edu/ghc/docs/latest/set/sec-ioexts.html

... and that was exactly the right place, see section "Bulk transfers"


hGetBuf       :: Handle -> Addr -> Int -> IO Int
   hGetBufFull   :: Handle -> Addr -> Int -> IO Int

   hPutBuf       :: Handle -> Addr -> Int -> IO Int
   hPutBufFull   :: Handle -> Addr -> Int -> IO ()

> 
> and the haskell.org libraries page and I didn't see anything. the ghc
> documentation didn't provide any examples so I was unable to figure
> out how to write a binary file.
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