On win98 os.path.expanuser('~') does not result in a useable directory.
The MSDN recommendation for user specific directories is the use of
shell.ShGetSpecialFolder, so use it.
For details see:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/reference/functions/shgetspecialfolderpath.asp
# httprangereader.py - just what it says
#
# Copyright 2005 Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
#
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
# of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
import byterange, urllib2
class httprangereader(object):
def __init__(self, url):
self.url = url
self.pos = 0
def seek(self, pos):
self.pos = pos
def read(self, bytes=None):
opener = urllib2.build_opener(byterange.HTTPRangeHandler())
urllib2.install_opener(opener)
req = urllib2.Request(self.url)
end = ''
if bytes:
end = self.pos + bytes - 1
req.add_header('Range', 'bytes=%d-%s' % (self.pos, end))
f = urllib2.urlopen(req)
data = f.read()
if bytes:
data = data[:bytes]
return data