Mainpulating Data Files

[Pete Shinners]

"Tim Daneliuk" <tundra at tundraware.com> wrote
> So, as a general matter, is there a 'Pythonic' way to read
> this kind of thing in or am I stuck with the usual 'C' approach
> of reading in n-characters and then filling some data stucture

tim, i'd start with the struct module. it will at least
handle the binary sections of data for you. plus all your
worries about byteswapping and what not can be planned out.
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-struct.html