Hi Dave: Thank you very much for you explanation:)
> Chances are you forgot the "b" parameter to open(). Unnecessary in Unix, it > tells the library to *not* translate \r\n to \n upon read, or the inverse > on write. In other words, with the "b" parameter, the file is read in > unchanged. So, if I am using python in Linux, do open('file', 'r') and open('file', 'rb') work the same way? Thanks, Best regards, Li -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list