read() does not read whole file in activepython/DOS

[Holger]

This is what it looks like in DOS:
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C:\production>python
ActivePython 2.5.2.2 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Mar 27 2008, 17:57:18) [MSC v.1310 32 bit
(Intel)] on
win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.18308L
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And this is what is says in cygwin:
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$ python
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, May 18 2007, 16:56:43)
[GCC 3.4.4 (cygming special, gdc 0.12, using dmd 0.125)] on cygwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.18308L
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What is wrong? / What am I doing wrong?
I would expect it to read the whole file.

Help appreciated
Holger

 

[Holger]

This is what it looks like in DOS:
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C:\production>python
ActivePython 2.5.2.2 (ActiveState Software Inc.) based on
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Mar 27 2008, 17:57:18) [MSC v.1310 32 bit
(Intel)] on
win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.>>> b = open('boot.bin').read()
18308L
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What is wrong? / What am I doing wrong?
I would expect it to read the whole file.

Solution: open(<file>, 'rb')