Tim Peters wrote: > [Frederic Rentsch] > >> Thanks a lot for your input. I seemed to notice that everything >> works fine without setting the cursor as long as it stops before the end >> of the file. Is that also a coincidence that may not work? >> > > "if you want to read following a write, or write following a read, on > the same stream, you must perform a file-positioning operation > (typically a seek) between them" > I appreciate the clarification. Thanks! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list