Øyvind napsal(a): >Hello. > >I have created a program that automatically downloads some files I need. >It can be .zip, .jpg, .mpg or .txt. However, a lot of the time urlretrieve >downloads the file, gives no error, but the downloaded file is corrupted. >I use a simple check for the size of the file. If it is way too small, I >automatically remove it. >
remove it and try to download it again, lets say , 3times until you get correct copy... >The files are ok on the server. > >Is there some function/modulte that checks a files integrity wheter or not >the file is corrupt or not? > > > Until you are provided with, say, md5 checksum, there is no other way than comparing sizes, I think ... -- geon _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor