Re: reading files with error

2005-09-18 Thread jepler
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

2005-09-17 Thread Christian Stapfer
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

2005-09-17 Thread Maurice Ling
[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

2005-09-17 Thread jepler
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

reading files with error

2005-09-17 Thread Maurice LING
Hi, I'm trying to read some files (video files) that seems to have some errors in it. Basically, I cannot copy it out of discs as that gives me an error message but I can still play the file using a media player like VLC or QuickTime. I understand that copying a file will also invoke checking