read() does not read whole file in activepython/DOS

[Holger]

This is what it looks like in DOS:
=============== =============== =========
C:\production>p ython
ActivePython 2.5.2.2 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Mar 27 2008, 17:57:18) [MSC v.1310 32 bit
(Intel)] on
win32
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>b = open('boot.bin' ).read()
>>len(b)

1067

>>import os
>>os.path.getsi ze('boot.bin')

18308L
=============== =============== =========

And this is what is says in cygwin:
=============== =============== =========
$ python
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, May 18 2007, 16:56:43)
[GCC 3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)] on cygwin
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>b = open('boot.bin' ).read()
>>len(b)

18308

>>import os
>>os.path.getsi ze('boot.bin')

18308L
=============== =============== =========

What is wrong? / What am I doing wrong?
I would expect it to read the whole file.

Help appreciated :-)
Holger

[Holger]

Re: read() does not read whole file in activepython/DOS

On Nov 7, 2:40 pm, Holger <ish...@gmail.c omwrote:

This is what it looks like in DOS:
=============== =============== =========
C:\production>p ython
ActivePython 2.5.2.2 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Mar 27 2008, 17:57:18) [MSC v.1310 32 bit
(Intel)] on
win32
Type "help", "copyright" , "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> b = open('boot.bin' ).read()

>len(b)

1067

>import os
>os.path.getsiz e('boot.bin')

>
18308L
=============== =============== =========
>
What is wrong? / What am I doing wrong?
I would expect it to read the whole file.

Solution: open(<file>, 'rb')