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:mod:`mmap` --- Memory-mapped file support
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.. module:: mmap
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:synopsis: Interface to memory-mapped files for Unix and Windows.
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--------------
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Memory-mapped file objects behave like both :class:`bytearray` and like
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:term:`file objects <file object>`. You can use mmap objects in most places
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where :class:`bytearray` are expected; for example, you can use the :mod:`re`
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module to search through a memory-mapped file. You can also change a single
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byte by doing ``obj[index] = 97``, or change a subsequence by assigning to a
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slice: ``obj[i1:i2] = b'...'``. You can also read and write data starting at
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the current file position, and :meth:`seek` through the file to different positions.
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A memory-mapped file is created by the :class:`~mmap.mmap` constructor, which is
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different on Unix and on Windows. In either case you must provide a file
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descriptor for a file opened for update. If you wish to map an existing Python
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file object, use its :meth:`fileno` method to obtain the correct value for the
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*fileno* parameter. Otherwise, you can open the file using the
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:func:`os.open` function, which returns a file descriptor directly (the file
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still needs to be closed when done).
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.. note::
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If you want to create a memory-mapping for a writable, buffered file, you
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should :func:`~io.IOBase.flush` the file first. This is necessary to ensure
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that local modifications to the buffers are actually available to the
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mapping.
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For both the Unix and Windows versions of the constructor, *access* may be
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specified as an optional keyword parameter. *access* accepts one of four
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values: :const:`ACCESS_READ`, :const:`ACCESS_WRITE`, or :const:`ACCESS_COPY` to
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specify read-only, write-through or copy-on-write memory respectively, or
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:const:`ACCESS_DEFAULT` to defer to *prot*. *access* can be used on both Unix
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and Windows. If *access* is not specified, Windows mmap returns a
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write-through mapping. The initial memory values for all three access types
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are taken from the specified file. Assignment to an :const:`ACCESS_READ`
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memory map raises a :exc:`TypeError` exception. Assignment to an
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:const:`ACCESS_WRITE` memory map affects both memory and the underlying file.
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Assignment to an :const:`ACCESS_COPY` memory map affects memory but does not
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update the underlying file.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.7
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Added :const:`ACCESS_DEFAULT` constant.
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To map anonymous memory, -1 should be passed as the fileno along with the length.
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.. class:: mmap(fileno, length, tagname=None, access=ACCESS_DEFAULT[, offset])
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**(Windows version)** Maps *length* bytes from the file specified by the
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file handle *fileno*, and creates a mmap object. If *length* is larger
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than the current size of the file, the file is extended to contain *length*
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bytes. If *length* is ``0``, the maximum length of the map is the current
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size of the file, except that if the file is empty Windows raises an
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exception (you cannot create an empty mapping on Windows).
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*tagname*, if specified and not ``None``, is a string giving a tag name for
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the mapping. Windows allows you to have many different mappings against
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the same file. If you specify the name of an existing tag, that tag is
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opened, otherwise a new tag of this name is created. If this parameter is
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omitted or ``None``, the mapping is created without a name. Avoiding the
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use of the tag parameter will assist in keeping your code portable between
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Unix and Windows.
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*offset* may be specified as a non-negative integer offset. mmap references
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will be relative to the offset from the beginning of the file. *offset*
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defaults to 0. *offset* must be a multiple of the ALLOCATIONGRANULARITY.
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.. class:: mmap(fileno, length, flags=MAP_SHARED, prot=PROT_WRITE|PROT_READ, access=ACCESS_DEFAULT[, offset])
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:noindex:
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**(Unix version)** Maps *length* bytes from the file specified by the file
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descriptor *fileno*, and returns a mmap object. If *length* is ``0``, the
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maximum length of the map will be the current size of the file when
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:class:`~mmap.mmap` is called.
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*flags* specifies the nature of the mapping. :const:`MAP_PRIVATE` creates a
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private copy-on-write mapping, so changes to the contents of the mmap
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object will be private to this process, and :const:`MAP_SHARED` creates a
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mapping that's shared with all other processes mapping the same areas of
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the file. The default value is :const:`MAP_SHARED`.
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*prot*, if specified, gives the desired memory protection; the two most
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useful values are :const:`PROT_READ` and :const:`PROT_WRITE`, to specify
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that the pages may be read or written. *prot* defaults to
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:const:`PROT_READ \| PROT_WRITE`.
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*access* may be specified in lieu of *flags* and *prot* as an optional
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keyword parameter. It is an error to specify both *flags*, *prot* and
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*access*. See the description of *access* above for information on how to
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use this parameter.
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*offset* may be specified as a non-negative integer offset. mmap references
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will be relative to the offset from the beginning of the file. *offset*
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defaults to 0. *offset* must be a multiple of the PAGESIZE or
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ALLOCATIONGRANULARITY.
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To ensure validity of the created memory mapping the file specified
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by the descriptor *fileno* is internally automatically synchronized
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with physical backing store on Mac OS X and OpenVMS.
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This example shows a simple way of using :class:`~mmap.mmap`::
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import mmap
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# write a simple example file
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with open("hello.txt", "wb") as f:
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f.write(b"Hello Python!\n")
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with open("hello.txt", "r+b") as f:
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# memory-map the file, size 0 means whole file
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mm = mmap.mmap(f.fileno(), 0)
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# read content via standard file methods
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print(mm.readline()) # prints b"Hello Python!\n"
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# read content via slice notation
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print(mm[:5]) # prints b"Hello"
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# update content using slice notation;
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# note that new content must have same size
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mm[6:] = b" world!\n"
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# ... and read again using standard file methods
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mm.seek(0)
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print(mm.readline()) # prints b"Hello world!\n"
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# close the map
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mm.close()
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:class:`~mmap.mmap` can also be used as a context manager in a :keyword:`with`
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statement::
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import mmap
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with mmap.mmap(-1, 13) as mm:
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mm.write(b"Hello world!")
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.. versionadded:: 3.2
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Context manager support.
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The next example demonstrates how to create an anonymous map and exchange
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data between the parent and child processes::
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import mmap
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import os
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mm = mmap.mmap(-1, 13)
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mm.write(b"Hello world!")
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pid = os.fork()
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if pid == 0: # In a child process
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mm.seek(0)
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print(mm.readline())
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mm.close()
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Memory-mapped file objects support the following methods:
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.. method:: close()
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Closes the mmap. Subsequent calls to other methods of the object will
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result in a ValueError exception being raised. This will not close
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the open file.
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.. attribute:: closed
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``True`` if the file is closed.
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.. versionadded:: 3.2
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.. method:: find(sub[, start[, end]])
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Returns the lowest index in the object where the subsequence *sub* is
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found, such that *sub* is contained in the range [*start*, *end*].
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Optional arguments *start* and *end* are interpreted as in slice notation.
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Returns ``-1`` on failure.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.5
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Writable :term:`bytes-like object` is now accepted.
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.. method:: flush([offset[, size]])
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Flushes changes made to the in-memory copy of a file back to disk. Without
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use of this call there is no guarantee that changes are written back before
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the object is destroyed. If *offset* and *size* are specified, only
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changes to the given range of bytes will be flushed to disk; otherwise, the
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whole extent of the mapping is flushed.
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``None`` is returned to indicate success. An exception is raised when the
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call failed.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.8
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Previously, a nonzero value was returned on success; zero was returned
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on error under Windows. A zero value was returned on success; an
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exception was raised on error under Unix.
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.. method:: move(dest, src, count)
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Copy the *count* bytes starting at offset *src* to the destination index
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*dest*. If the mmap was created with :const:`ACCESS_READ`, then calls to
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move will raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
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.. method:: read([n])
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Return a :class:`bytes` containing up to *n* bytes starting from the
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current file position. If the argument is omitted, ``None`` or negative,
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return all bytes from the current file position to the end of the
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mapping. The file position is updated to point after the bytes that were
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returned.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.3
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Argument can be omitted or ``None``.
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.. method:: read_byte()
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Returns a byte at the current file position as an integer, and advances
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the file position by 1.
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.. method:: readline()
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Returns a single line, starting at the current file position and up to the
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next newline.
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.. method:: resize(newsize)
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Resizes the map and the underlying file, if any. If the mmap was created
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with :const:`ACCESS_READ` or :const:`ACCESS_COPY`, resizing the map will
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raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
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.. method:: rfind(sub[, start[, end]])
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Returns the highest index in the object where the subsequence *sub* is
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found, such that *sub* is contained in the range [*start*, *end*].
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Optional arguments *start* and *end* are interpreted as in slice notation.
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Returns ``-1`` on failure.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.5
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Writable :term:`bytes-like object` is now accepted.
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.. method:: seek(pos[, whence])
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Set the file's current position. *whence* argument is optional and
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defaults to ``os.SEEK_SET`` or ``0`` (absolute file positioning); other
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values are ``os.SEEK_CUR`` or ``1`` (seek relative to the current
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position) and ``os.SEEK_END`` or ``2`` (seek relative to the file's end).
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.. method:: size()
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Return the length of the file, which can be larger than the size of the
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memory-mapped area.
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.. method:: tell()
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Returns the current position of the file pointer.
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.. method:: write(bytes)
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Write the bytes in *bytes* into memory at the current position of the
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file pointer and return the number of bytes written (never less than
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``len(bytes)``, since if the write fails, a :exc:`ValueError` will be
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raised). The file position is updated to point after the bytes that
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were written. If the mmap was created with :const:`ACCESS_READ`, then
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writing to it will raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.5
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Writable :term:`bytes-like object` is now accepted.
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.. versionchanged:: 3.6
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The number of bytes written is now returned.
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.. method:: write_byte(byte)
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Write the integer *byte* into memory at the current
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position of the file pointer; the file position is advanced by ``1``. If
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the mmap was created with :const:`ACCESS_READ`, then writing to it will
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raise a :exc:`TypeError` exception.
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