On May 10, 11:41 pm, Larry Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've heard tell of a Python binding for libmagic (file(1) *nixy > command; seehttp://darwinsys.com/file/). Generally, has anybody > built this and worked with it under Windows? > > The only thing I've been able to find is the python-magic module > athttp://hupp.org/adam/hg/python-magic/. > > [1] Is this "THE" python-magic module. (It seems to be to me, but > obviously I don't know. :) > > [2] Has anybody been able to build THIS version under Windows? > > I've gotten as far as completing the "setup.py install" process. > (After many troubles; I'll post the top-to-bottom HowTo-like info if/ > when I ever get it to work. :) > > At this point, there -is- a "magic" module that can be imported > (attempted-to, that is), but it fails. > > If I go to a cmd window, run the Py interpreter, and do "import magic" > I get: > > [1] an error pop-up (Windows window, which is blocking [as opposed > to "non-blocking", not "obscuring", though it does that, too] the cmd > window): > > (X) This application has failed to start because magic1.dll > was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. > [OK] > > [2] then, within the interpreter, I get: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "build\bdist.win32\egg\magic.py", line 2, in <module> > File "build\bdist.win32\egg\cmagic.py", line 7, in <module> > File "build\bdist.win32\egg\_cmagic.py", line 7, in <module> > File "build\bdist.win32\egg\_cmagic.py", line 6, in > __bootstrap__ > ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not > be found. > > I'm using Python 2.5 on Windows XP Pro. I've got CYGWIN installed > (more info can be provided if necessary) for a copy of file.exe (and > libmagic.a @ 357KB and libmagic.dll.a @ 25KB in C:\cygwin\lib). I > also have GNUWin32, also for file.exe alternatively (and > libmagic.dll.a @ ~ 8KB in C:\Program Files\GnuWin32\lib). > > magic.py in C:\Program Files\Python25\Lib\site-packages\magic-0.1- > py2.5-win32.egg imports cmagic.py (also in this egg), which imports > _cmagic.py, which has the following: > > def __bootstrap__(): > global __bootstrap__, __loader__, __file__ > import sys, pkg_resources, imp > __file__ = > pkg_resources.resource_filename(__name__,'_cmagic.pyd') > del __bootstrap__, __loader__ > imp.load_dynamic(__name__,__file__) > __bootstrap__() > > Now I *presume* my problem (at this point) is that I need to have > libmagic named as "magic1.dll" -wherever- this module is looking for > it. I'm just not sure, let alone if this is true, WHERE Python/ > modules expect to find such things. > > Also, which version(s)/file(s) should be placed where, or...?? > > Thanks for any/all help/pointers. I apologize up-front if I left out > any pertinent info; I'm paranoid about putting in too much (and some > that may be worthless) already... :) > > Cheers, > Larry Hale
ALSO: I've even tried putting the 4 "magic" files INTO the .egg file... still no-go. :/ Thanks, all! -Larry -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
