Re: reading files with error

On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 02:15:00PM +1000, Maurice Ling wrote: > Sorry but what are SEEK_END and SEEK_SET? Oops, that's what I get for snipping a part of a larger program. SEEK_SET = 0 SEEK_END = 2 Jeff pgpC1OTox5VvO.pgp Description: PGP signature -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyt

Re: reading files with error

Maurice Ling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>I have written a program to do something similar. My strategy is: >> * use os.read() to read 512 bytes at a time >> * when os.read fails, seek to the next multiple of 512 bytes >> and write '

Re: reading files with error

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have written a program to do something similar. My strategy is: * use os.read() to read 512 bytes at a time * when os.read fails, seek to the next multiple of 512 bytes and write '\0' * 512 to the output I notice this code doesn't deal properly with short reads, but

Re: reading files with error

I have written a program to do something similar. My strategy is: * use os.read() to read 512 bytes at a time * when os.read fails, seek to the next multiple of 512 bytes and write '\0' * 512 to the output I notice this code doesn't deal properly with short reads, but in my experience they ne