Write one single bit to binary file using BinaryWriter
I want to write one single bit to a binary file. using (FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(@"myfile.bin", FileMode.Create)) using (BinaryWriter binaryWriter = new BinaryWriter(fileStream)) { binaryWriter.Write((bool)10); } Something like binaryWriter.Write((bit)1); When I use binaryWriter.Write((bool)1) the file has one byte, but I want to write one single bit. Is this possible? You cannot store only 1 bit in a file. Almost all modern filesystems and hardware store data in segments of 8 bits, aka bytes or octets. If you want store a bit value in a file, store either 1 or 0 as a byte