what does this mean....?

I am trying to download a file from the server, I am getting this
error,what does this mean

localFile = open(localFileName, 'wb')
TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, type found

zaheer.agadi@gmail.com

On Feb 28, 4:17*pm, zaheer.ag...@gmail.com wrote:
> I am trying to download a file from the server, I am getting this
> error,what does this mean
>
> * *localFile = open(localFileName, 'wb')
> TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, type found

the name localFileName is bound to a type ... and of course it's
expecting a string.

You must have done something weird with localFileName, like this:

| >>> fname = type(2)
| >>> fname
| <type 'int'>
| >>> f = open(fname)
| Traceback (most recent call last):
| File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
| TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, type found
| >>>

John Machin

On Feb 28, 10:50 am, "Rhodri James" <rho...@wildebst.demon.co.uk>
wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 05:17:41 -0000, <zaheer.ag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am trying to download a file from the server, I am getting this
> > error,what does this mean
>
> > localFile = open(localFileName, 'wb')
> > TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, type found
>
> The rest of the traceback and enough of your code to make sense of
> it would have helped. Without context, my best guess is that
> "localFileName" isn't actually a string.
>
> --
> Rhodri James *-* Wildebeeste Herder to the Masses

Ohh thats my bad, I was actually passing a file type instead of
string,thanks a lot .
One question off the topic.,
How to create a .pyz file. I have python project that has some modules
in it , I want to create a zip file so that I can use it as we use
java jar file
Like I want to do a
mypyFiles.pyz --sendFile C:\\testFile
I currently have a module that does this when run as single python
module, but I want to do same this using a zip file which will have
some other modules within it.

Any help..?

Thanks

zaheer.agadi@gmail.com

En Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:44:28 -0200, <> escribió:

> One question off the topic.,

Usually it's better to post a separate message.

> How to create a .pyz file. I have python project that has some modules
> in it , I want to create a zip file so that I can use it as we use
> java jar file
> Like I want to do a
> mypyFiles.pyz --sendFile C:\\testFile
> I currently have a module that does this when run as single python
> module, but I want to do same this using a zip file which will have
> some other modules within it.

Just put all your modules inside the zip, and create a __main__.py file.
Execute it using:

python foo.zip

See http://docs.python.org/using/cmdline.html#command-line

--
Gabriel Genellina

Gabriel Genellina

On Feb 28, 1:50 pm, Ben Finney <bignose+hates-s...@benfinney.id.au>
wrote:
> "Gabriel Genellina" <gagsl-...@yahoo.com.ar> writes:
> > En Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:44:28 -0200, <zaheer.ag...@gmail.com> escribió:
>
> > > One question off the topic.,
>
> > Usually it's better to post a separate message.
>
> More specifically (and I only say this because many people seem not to
> observe the distinction), when starting an entirely new topic of
> discussion, you should not reply to an existing message since it's
> then confusingly related with the same thread; instead, compose a
> *new* message with the appropriate subject.
>
> --
> \ “Either he's dead or my watch has stopped.” —Groucho Marx |
> `\ |
> _o__) |
> Ben Finney

I agree I should have posted a new topic, Point taken..
Thanks Gabriel ,I will try this if could not get this to work will
post a new thread.

zaheer.agadi@gmail.com