>>> >>> If you copy those files to a different device (one that has just been >>> scrubbed and reformatted), then copy them back and get different results >>> with your application, you've found your problem. >>> >>> -Bill >> >> Thanks for the insistence, I'll check this out. If you have any >> guidance on how to do so let me know. I knew my system wasn't >> particularly well suited to the task at hand, but I haven't seen how >> it would actually cause problems. >> >> -Ryan >> _______________________________________________ >> The last two lines in my MSG pretty much would be the test. Get another >> flash drive, format it as FAT-32 (I assume that's what you are using), then >> copy a couple of files to it. Then copy them back to your current device >> and run your program again. If you get DIFFERENT, but still wrong results, >> you've found the problem. The largest positive integer a 32-bit binary >> number can represent is 2^32, which is 4Gig. I'm no expert on Window's >> files, but I'd be very surprised if when the FAT-32 file system was being >> designed, anyone considered the case where a single file could be that large. > > -Bill
The hard-drive is formatted as NTFS, because as you say I'm up against the file size limit of FAT32 , do think this could still be the issue? _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
