PIL problem: IOError: cannot identify image file

[h112211]

Hi,

I installed the newest available PIL (1.1.5 for Python 2.4) from their
site, but cannot seem to open any files. The following

from PIL import Image

i = Image.open(file('c:\\image2.png'))

results in

File "C:\Program Files\Python24\lib\site-packages\PIL\Image.py", line
1745, in open
raise IOError("cannot identify image file")
IOError: cannot identify image file

for any graphics file I've tried. Anyone know what's wrong?

[h112211]

Doh! Apparently Image.open() wants a path, not a file. So

i = Image.open('c:\\image2.png')

works fine.

[Fredrik Lundh]

h1*****@gmail.com wrote:

Doh! Apparently Image.open() wants a path, not a file. So

i = Image.open('c:\\image2.png')

works fine.

it works fine on files too, if you open them in *binary* mode.

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