k.i.n.g. wrote: > I think I am not clear with my question, I am sorry. Here goes the > exact requirement. > > We use dd command in Linux to create a file with of required size. In > similar way, on windows I would like to use python to take the size of > the file( 50MB, 1GB ) as input from user and create a uncompressed > file of the size given by the user. > > ex: If user input is 50M, script should create 50Mb of blank or empty > file > def make_blank_file(path, size): f = open(path, 'w') f.seek(size - 1) f.write('\0') f.close()
I'm not sure the f.seek() trick will work on all platforms, so you can: def make_blank_file(path, size): f = open(path, 'w') f.write('\0' * size) f.close() Cheers, RB -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list