Vamp4L schrieb: > Hello, > Specifically, I'm trying to convert the Internet Explorer history > file (index.dat) into a readable format. Anyone done something > similar or know of any functions that may help with such a task? I'm > not sure exactly what kind of file the index.dat is, it is some kind > of binary file. I have tried some of the binascii functions (http:// > docs.python.org/lib/module-binascii.html) without any luck. > Thanks
You have to have a definition of the format or reverse engineer it. If you have done that, you can use the module struct. But there is no generic way to infer how a binary format is built. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
