Having trouble working out an appropriate format string for packing a
binary file.
The below is something I use for ASCII files but now I need something
equivalent for working with binary files i.e jpg, zips etc.
fileHandle = open("test.txt")
while loop:
fileBuffer = fileHandle.read(512)
format = "!hh%dc" % len(fileBuffer)
outdata = struct.pack(format, *fileBuffer)
clientSocket.sendto(outdata, DestAddress)
I've reused the basic structure below for a binary file, the issue I'm
having is working out the correct format string. At first I thought a
float or double would have been the one to use but the interpreter
complains about invalid types being passed.
fileHandle = open("test.zip", "rb")
while loop:
fileBuffer = fileHandle.read(512)
format = "!hh%dd" % len(fileBuffer)
outdata = struct.pack(format, *fileBuffer)
clientSocket.sendto(outdata, DestAddress)
If someone could shed some light on the problem it would be
appreciated, I'm clearly missing something fairly obvious.
Thanks in advance.
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