writing binary file for different platform

[Martin v. Löwis]

Erno Kuusela <erno-news at erno.iki.fi> writes:

> with luck, the endianness character could make it work. but
> different platforms have different data type sizes, different
> floating point number formats and different alignment rules.
> so generally, you cannot do it with the struct module.
> 
> you will therefore probably need to use a platform independent
> format for transferring data between your programs, such as text.

A binary format could also be platform-independent, you just need to
specify it precisely. Following the format that the AIX program
produces is as good as any other solution - you only need to
understand what the format is that it produces.

Regards,
Martin