Ehsan wrote:
> I foundd this code in ASPN Python Cookbook for downloading files in
> python but when it finished downloading files the files became
> corrupted and didn't open, the files in internet havn't any problem:
>
>
> def download(url,fileName):
> """Copy the contents of a file from a given URL
> to a local file.
> """
> import urllib
> webFile = urllib.urlopen(url)
> localFile = open(fileName, 'w')
> localFile.write(webFile.read())
> webFile.close()
> localFile.close()
> download('http://www.2shared.com/download/1839752/cd520048/
> xpersia14.3gp?tsid=20070803-143313-49566ea2', 'xpersia4.3gp' )
>
I'm guessing there are binary files and you are running on Windows,
which is inserting a carriage return before ebery newline. Try
localFile = open(fileName, 'wb')
to avoid thus behavior.
regards
Steve
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