zip/unzip pictures doesn't work

A Nilsson anders at gamebox.net
Sat Nov 9 06:01:21 EST 2002


You're right! Thanks!
My first (failed) attempts were made on a Win NT.
Now I'm back on my own trustworthy linux machine and, hey, it works!

Erik Max Francis wrote:
> A Nilsson wrote:
> 
> 
>>I've been messing around with the zipfile module and discovered
>>something strange.
>>When I zip/unzip ordinary text files there's no problem but when i use
>>pictures (JPG and GIF) they get corrupted. I believe it is during the
>>unzip operation they get messed up.
> 
> 
> Sniff, sniff.  I smell a text/binary distinction (and I see you're on
> Windows).  Make sure you open the relevant files in binary mode by
> appending a 'b' character to the mode string.
> 




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