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.

>>b = open('boot.bin').read()
len(b)

1067

>>import os
os.path.getsize('boot.bin')

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.

>>b = open('boot.bin').read()
len(b)

18308

>>import os
os.path.getsize('boot.bin')

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]

On Nov 7, 2:40*pm, Holger <[e-mail]:

This is what it looks like in DOS:
=======================================
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()

>len(b)

1067

>import os
os.path.getsize('boot.bin')

18308L
=======================================

What is wrong? / What am I doing wrong?
I would expect it to read the whole file.

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