[ python-Bugs-1595822 ] read() in windows stops on chr(26)

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Bugs item #1595822, was opened at 2006-11-13 11:17
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Category: Windows
Group: Python 2.5
>Status: Closed
Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: reson5 (reson5)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: read() in windows stops on chr(26)

Initial Comment:
>From standard distribution (installation through .exe 
file):

open() function in Windows (I have win2k and xp)
opens files in text mode and stops on chr(26).
I cannot parse a binary file (!).
On Linux all works fine.

Regards,
   Reson5


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Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Date: 2006-11-13 11:29

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chr(26) or Ctrl+Z is the end-of-file character in Windows,
for text-mode files.

If you open the file in binary mode, e.g. with
open("filename", "rb"), there should be
no problems with reading the chr(26).

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Comment By: reson5 (reson5)
Date: 2006-11-13 11:20

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To clarify,
The behavior is not uniform
on Linux it opens in binary and on windows in text (!)

Regards, 
    Reson5


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