@stefanv wrote on 2007-01-27

What do you you get when you run the following code snippet?

import numpy as N

x = N.arange(16).astype(N.uint16)

f = file('test.dat','wb')
hdr = 'x'*1024
f.write(hdr)
x[::-1].tofile(f)
f.close()

f = file('test.dat')
f.seek(1024)
x_ = N.fromfile(f,N.uint16)

print x[::-1]
print x_

I see

[15 14 13 12 11 10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0]
[15 14 13 12 11 10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0]

with r3511.

@teoliphant wrote on 2007-01-30

I cannot reproduce a problem, either.

@alberts wrote on 2007-02-01

What operating system are you running on? I remember some issues with files on Windows a long time ago. See ticket #701.

@sebhaase wrote on 2007-02-01

Please close this ticket again.

Yes, it was indeed on Windows. Thanks the last comment from albertstrasheim I read the ticket #701 and noticed the importance of binaray mode ('b') on windows !!
I'm very sorry for the noise.

• Sebastian.