How to read and write huge binary files

[Gabriel Genellina]

"Lad" <python at hope.cz> escribió en el mensaje 
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> What is a good  way to read binary data from HUGE  file and write  it
> to another file?
Without processing the data read? shutil.copy2 or similar
Else, a lot of applications can follow the pattern read-process-write: read 
a logical block, process, write the output; where "logical block" depends on 
the application: a record, a frame, a chunk...

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Gabriel Genellina