On Jul 11, 4:15 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Forgive my newbie ignorance, but I am wondering why the other method > > would not work? I mean it may not be very safe, > > but I guess it may perform a lot better, than having to read the whole > > file just to cut out the first byte. > > Because seeking is not moving? Shifting data bytewise isn't something that > is supported by the underlying OS filesystems, and thus not supported. But > replacing bytes with others is. Which seek is for. > > Diez
As far as I know seek is just about positioning and nothing else. So, in fact the problem boils down to os support for deleting a bytes. bests, ./alex -- .w( the_mindstorm )p. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
