downloading files

[Steve Holden]

Ehsan wrote:
> I foundd this code in ASPN  Python Cookbook for downloading files in
> python but when it finished downloading files the files became
> corrupted and didn't open, the files in internet havn't any problem:
> 
> 
> def download(url,fileName):
> 	"""Copy the contents of a file from a given URL
> 	to a local file.
> 	"""
> 	import urllib
> 	webFile = urllib.urlopen(url)
> 	localFile = open(fileName, 'w')
> 	localFile.write(webFile.read())
> 	webFile.close()
> 	localFile.close()
> download('http://www.2shared.com/download/1839752/cd520048/
> xpersia14.3gp?tsid=20070803-143313-49566ea2', 'xpersia4.3gp' )
> 
I'm guessing there are binary files and you are running on Windows, 
which is inserting a carriage return before ebery newline. Try

	localFile = open(fileName, 'wb')

to avoid thus behavior.

regards
  Steve
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