Determine file type (binary or text)

[Graham Fawcett]

John Machin wrote:

>Graham Fawcett <fawcett at teksavvy.com> wrote in message news:<mailman.1060799361.14244.python-list at python.org>...
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>>It is trivial to create a non-text file that has no NULs.
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>>    f = open('no_zeroes.bin', 'rb')
>>    for x in range(1, 256):
>>        f.write(chr(x))
>>    f.close()
>>    
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>I tried this but it didn't work. It said:
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>IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'no_zeroes.bin'.
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>So I thought I had to be persistent but after doing it a few more times it said:
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>SerialIdiotError: What I tell you three times is true. 
>NotLispingError:  You need 'wb' as in 'wascally wabbit'
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>This is very strange behaviour -- does my computer have worms?
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No, but my brain does. Glad you caught my typo.

However, it looks like your computer definitely has an AttitudeError!

-- Graham