[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: \> I'm able to create a new zipfile with the module's ZipFile class and > add files to it. After closing the file, I'm able to view the contents > of it with WinZip. I can also confirm that it is a python zip file by > using the is_zipfile() method. All good so far. However, under some > circumstances, I am unable to later read the file and extract its > contents. As soon as a I attempt to instantiate a new ZipFile > instance, I receive an error regarding Bad Magic number. In the past, > I've seen that when trying to use a .pyc module, created with one > Python version, using another Python version. But in this case, I > created the zip file under Python 2.4.2 and tried to open it under > Python 2.4.2 as well. Any ideas on what to do?
Maybe try posting the full traceback so we can see the "Bad Magic Number" error you are getting... -Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list