While I can make a verbatim copy of a file like this:
file1 = file('ready.pdf', 'rb')
file2 = file('out.pdf', 'wb')
buffer = file1.read(256)
while buffer:
file2.write(buffer)
buffer = file1.read(256)
file1.close()
file2.close()
I cannot send a verbatim copy to stdout. Python replaces
\n with \r\n due to its universal newline support. (This
is on Windows).
My aim is to send a binary file from a CGI python script.
I do this:
file1 = file('ready.pdf', 'rb')
sys.stdout.write( \
'Content-type: application/pdf\n' + \
'Content-disposition: inline; filename=ready.pdf\n\n' + \
file1.read())
file1.close()
Checking the traffic with my proxy server reveals that
inside the PDF file, all the \n chars have been replaced
with \r\n.
Is there a way to avoid this intervention?
(I avoided the whole problem by sending a HTTP redirect
'Location: ready.pdf\n\n', but I still want to know the answer).
Evgeni Sergeev
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