Question

I need to overcome some cPickle constrains,
namely i need to open several files and pickle them to one file, like this:

import cPickle

file1=open('file1.txt','r')
file2=open('file2.txt','r')
obj=[file1,file2] or obj=[file1.read(), file2.read()]
cPickle.dump(obj,open('result.i2','w'),2)

so that later I can “repickle” them and get the data.

Is a cPickle good way to do so?If yes how can I do it properly

If not, what would be suitable?

Thanks in advance

Rafal

Answer 1

This is the correct way, it pickles the file contents:

file1=open('file1.txt','r')
file2=open('file2.txt','r')
obj=[file1.read(), file2.read()]
cPickle.dump(obj,open('result.i2','w'),2)

If you set obj=[file1,file2] you are not pickling the file contents, you are pickling the file handles.