can a tcl script return a binary value?

[osimate]

I have a mapping platform which produces ldif files for connected ldap servers.
This platform uses tcl scripts for these mappings.

For example i take a base64-encoded string for a "jpegPhoto" stored in ADS.
Then take it as an argument and then decode the string and save as a .jpg file under some directory by the help of the script.
My script returns the path of the file at the end.

However, i cannot handle the reverse scenario. Despite the fact that, ADS sends the photo data as a base64 encoded string, it only accepts binary data for the "jpegPhoto" attribute.(at far as i digged the

http://www).

The question is, am i allowed to return a binary value in a tcl script? As far as i tested, logs not clear but, i think i'm getting some encoding related errors. Any opinion will be appreciated.

thanks in advance..

 

[mikrom]

Have you tried one of these commands?

http://tmml.sourceforge.net/doc/tcl/binary.html

 

[Bong]

You must bear in mind that "in Tcl everything is a string". So you can certainly return a binary string, but that's probably not what you want. I suggest that you return 8-bit characters whose hex representation is the binary value you want. So let's say the value is 10 (dec), that is 1010 (binary).

% set d 10
10
% set b [binary format h $d]
?

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