import sys, os import gzip, tempfile filename = tempfile.mktemp() data1 = """ int length=DEFAULTALLOC, err = Z_OK; PyObject *RetVal; int flushmode = Z_FINISH; unsigned long start_total_out; """ data2 = """/* zlibmodule.c -- gzip-compatible data compression */ /* See http://www.cdrom.com/pub/infozip/zlib/ */ /* See http://www.winimage.com/zLibDll for Windows */ """ f = gzip.GzipFile(filename, 'wb') ; f.write(data1 * 50) ; f.close() f = gzip.GzipFile(filename, 'rb') ; d = f.read() ; f.close() verify(d == data1*50) # Append to the previous file f = gzip.GzipFile(filename, 'ab') ; f.write(data2 * 15) ; f.close() f = gzip.GzipFile(filename, 'rb') ; d = f.read() ; f.close() verify(d == (data1*50) + (data2*15)) # Try .readline() with varying line lengths f = gzip.GzipFile(filename, 'rb') line_length = 0 while 1: L = f.readline( line_length ) if L == "" and line_length != 0: break verify(len(L) <= line_length) line_length = (line_length + 1) % 50 f.close() # Try .readlines() f = gzip.GzipFile(filename, 'rb') L = f.readlines() f.close() f = gzip.GzipFile(filename, 'rb') while 1: L = f.readlines(150) if L == []: break f.close() os.unlink( filename )