readling newlines

[Samuel Walters]

|Thus Spake Alessandro Crugnola *sephiroth* On the now historical date of
Sat, 10 Jan 2004 14:25:44 +0000|

> Hi, I'm trying to detect the newlines method of a file opened. I'm using
> the 'U' mode as parameter when opening a file, but for every file opened
> the result is always "\r\n", even if the file has been saved with the
> "\n" newline method. Is there i'm missing?
> 
> I'm on Windows with python 2.3.3

Not quite sure what "U" mode is, but try adding the "b" mode when opening
the file.  Windows makes a distinction between binary and text files. 
Python defaults to text mode, and since newlines for windows text is \r\n,
that's what Python puts there.

HTH

Sam Walters.

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