zip/unzip pictures doesn't work

[Erik Max Francis]

A Nilsson wrote:

> I've been messing around with the zipfile module and discovered
> something strange.
> When I zip/unzip ordinary text files there's no problem but when i use
> pictures (JPG and GIF) they get corrupted. I believe it is during the
> unzip operation they get messed up.

Sniff, sniff.  I smell a text/binary distinction (and I see you're on
Windows).  Make sure you open the relevant files in binary mode by
appending a 'b' character to the mode string.

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