xamdam wrote: >>> Additional info: my file is from a data provider, do not know what >>> they used to compress it. Previous files worked ok, this one is the >>> 1st over 2GB. Winzip has no problem with it. >> It could be you are using a Python with an in-built limit of 2GB on file >> size. What happens if you open the file, seek past the 2GB point and >> then try and read data? >> > > Steve, > I used is_zipfile function, which from does exactly that from a quick > read - goes to the end, reads expected string. It worked fine. Tried > regular Windows 2.4.4 and 2.5.1, same result. > Fine, if it isn't file size limitations I suspect you need to post some code and a traceback so we can get better insight into exactly what the problem is.
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