On Jun 4, 3:05 pm, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote: > On 04Jun2010 12:53, Magdoll <magd...@gmail.com> wrote: > | I'm not sure what's causing this, but depending on the compression > | program used, the bz2 module sometimes exits earlier. > | > | I used pbzip2 to compress my bz2 files and read through the file using > | the bz2 module. The file descriptor always exits much earlier than > | where the actual EOF is. If I use bzip2 instead of pbzip2 to compress > | the files, then everything is fine. > | > | My files are generally big (several GBs) so decompressing them is not > | a wise choice, and it is a little unfortunate that I can't use pbzip2 > | because it's usually much faster than bz2. > > Have you tested the decompression or the problematic files with the > bunzip2 command? Just to ensure the bug is with the python bz2 module > and not with the pbzip2 utility? > -- > Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> DoD#743http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ > > A lot of people don't know the difference between a violin and a viola, so > I'll tell you. A viola burns longer. - Victor Borge
Yes. Decompressing them with either pbzip2 or bunzip2 are both fine. So the problem is not with pbzip2. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list