Access to binary files is accomplished in a very similar fashion, using the DKOpen, DKClose, DKRead, and DKWrite commands. Unlike the text access commands, which operate on a line-by-line basis, the binary access commands allow data to be read from and written to specific places within the file. Further information on these commands is available in the EASI reference manual, and in the on-line help.
Direct access to binary files is useful to allow access to un-supported file types. If sufficient file-format information is available, it is often possible to write file format translators in EASI.
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