On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:52:32 -0700, Mark Gibson wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> import os
>> def test_file(filename, maxread=1024):
>> if os.path.isdir(filename):
>> return 'directory'
>> afile = open(filename) # open as text
>> for achar in afile.read(maxread):
>> if ord(achar) > 127:
>> return 'binary'
>> return 'text'
>>
>>
>
> Pefect, thanks!
Not only is it not perfect, as given it isn't even correct.
>>> open("lots_of_nulls.bin", "w").write("\0" * 1024)
>>> test_file("lots_of_nulls.bin")
'text'
However, with a more careful algorithm for deciding what's text and what's
not, the general approach is fine.
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