xamdam wrote: > On Jul 15, 5:39 pm, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 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. >> > > It's failing in the ZipFile constructor, which ends up throwing > > zipfile(2.4.3).py:291> raise BadZipfile, "Bad magic number for file > header" > > > Well, that one bald line by itself certainly doesn't give *me* any traction an what the problem might be. Getting information about this problem is like (i.e. as difficult as) pulling teeth!
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