binary file reading in python

[Skip Montanaro]

    Daniel> ... the recipe files themselves are stored in binary format
    Daniel> which I would have to read in and parse.  

Daniel,

Check out the struct module:

    http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-struct.html

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