[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Would like to use text files, its really for my own learning, > > but I suppose a Zip would work
How about outputing a file as: LENGTH=###### <file-contents> in your joined file? That's a minimalistic archive format - one ASCII header line that provides just enough information to extract the file. Be sure to open all files [rw]b, though. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list