From 2a7d991c6c16145d657e4858a4ef3b9147b183a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:02:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify "b" mode under Unix. --- Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst index d3b912a3de7..f9eec9703b5 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/inputoutput.rst @@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ characters in text files are automatically altered slightly when data is read or written. This behind-the-scenes modification to file data is fine for ASCII text files, but it'll corrupt binary data like that in :file:`JPEG` or :file:`EXE` files. Be very careful to use binary mode when reading and writing -such files. +such files. On Unix, it doesn't hurt to append a ``'b'`` to the mode, so +you can use it platform-independently for all binary files. .. _tut-filemethods: