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<h1 class="epydoc">Class BufferedFile</h1><p class="nomargin-top"><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko-pysrc.html#BufferedFile">source code</a></span></p>
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object --+
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<strong class="uidshort">BufferedFile</strong>
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<dl><dt>Known Subclasses:</dt>
<dd>
<ul class="subclass-list">
<li class="private">ChannelFile</li><li>, <a href="paramiko.SFTPFile-class.html">SFTPFile</a></li> </ul>
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<p>Reusable base class to implement python-style file buffering around a
simpler stream.</p>
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x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#__iter__" class="summary-sig-name">__iter__</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br />
Returns an iterator that can be used to iterate over the lines in
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#close" class="summary-sig-name">close</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br />
Close the file.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#flush" class="summary-sig-name">flush</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br />
Write out any data in the write buffer.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#next" class="summary-sig-name">next</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br />
Returns the next line from the input, or raises <code
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#read" class="summary-sig-name">read</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
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Read at most <code>size</code> bytes from the file (less if we hit
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#readline" class="summary-sig-name">readline</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
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Read one entire line from the file.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#readlines" class="summary-sig-name">readlines</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
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Read all remaining lines using <a
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#seek" class="summary-sig-name">seek</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
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<span class="summary-sig-arg">whence</span>=<span class="summary-sig-default">0</span>)</span><br />
Set the file's current position, like stdio's <code>fseek</code>.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#tell" class="summary-sig-name">tell</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>)</span><br />
Return the file's current position.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#write" class="summary-sig-name">write</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
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Write data to the file.</td>
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<td><span class="summary-sig"><a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#writelines" class="summary-sig-name">writelines</a>(<span class="summary-sig-arg">self</span>,
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Write a sequence of strings to the file.</td>
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<span class="summary-type">iterator</span>
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Identical to <code>iter(f)</code>.</td>
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<p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>object</code></b>:
<code>__delattr__</code>,
<code>__format__</code>,
<code>__getattribute__</code>,
<code>__hash__</code>,
<code>__new__</code>,
<code>__reduce__</code>,
<code>__reduce_ex__</code>,
<code>__repr__</code>,
<code>__setattr__</code>,
<code>__sizeof__</code>,
<code>__str__</code>,
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<a name="FLAG_APPEND"></a><span class="summary-name">FLAG_APPEND</span> = <code title="4">4</code>
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<a name="FLAG_READ"></a><span class="summary-name">FLAG_READ</span> = <code title="1">1</code>
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<p class="indent-wrapped-lines"><b>Inherited from <code>object</code></b>:
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<p>x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for
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<p>Returns an iterator that can be used to iterate over the lines in this
file. This iterator happens to return the file itself, since a file is
its own iterator.</p>
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<dt>Returns: iterator</dt>
<dd>an interator.</dd>
<dt>Raises:</dt>
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<li><code><strong class='fraise'>ValueError</strong></code> - if the file is closed.</li>
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<p>Close the file. Future read and write operations will fail.</p>
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<p>Write out any data in the write buffer. This may do nothing if write
buffering is not turned on.</p>
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<p>Returns the next line from the input, or raises <code
class="link">StopIteration</code> when EOF is hit. Unlike python file
objects, it's okay to mix calls to <code>next</code> and <a
href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#readline"
class="link">readline</a>.</p>
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<dt>Returns: str</dt>
<dd>a line read from the file.</dd>
<dt>Raises:</dt>
<dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
<li><code><strong class='fraise'>StopIteration</strong></code> - when the end of the file is reached.</li>
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<p>Read at most <code>size</code> bytes from the file (less if we hit the
end of the file first). If the <code>size</code> argument is negative or
omitted, read all the remaining data in the file.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
<li><strong class="pname"><code>size</code></strong> (int) - maximum number of bytes to read</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>Returns: str</dt>
<dd>data read from the file, or an empty string if EOF was
encountered immediately</dd>
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<p>Read one entire line from the file. A trailing newline character is
kept in the string (but may be absent when a file ends with an incomplete
line). If the size argument is present and non-negative, it is a maximum
byte count (including the trailing newline) and an incomplete line may be
returned. An empty string is returned only when EOF is encountered
immediately.</p>
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<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
<li><strong class="pname"><code>size</code></strong> (int) - maximum length of returned string.</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>Returns: str</dt>
<dd>next line of the file, or an empty string if the end of the file
has been reached.</dd>
</dl>
<div class="fields"> <p><strong>Note:</strong>
Unlike stdio's <code>fgets()</code>, the returned string contains
null characters (<code>'\0'</code>) if they occurred in the input.
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<p>Read all remaining lines using <a
href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#readline"
class="link">readline</a> and return them as a list. If the optional
<code>sizehint</code> argument is present, instead of reading up to EOF,
whole lines totalling approximately sizehint bytes (possibly after
rounding up to an internal buffer size) are read.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
<li><strong class="pname"><code>sizehint</code></strong> (int) - desired maximum number of bytes to read.</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>Returns: list</dt>
<dd>list of lines read from the file.</dd>
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<span class="sig-arg">whence</span>=<span class="sig-default">0</span>)</span>
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<p>Set the file's current position, like stdio's <code>fseek</code>. Not
all file objects support seeking.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
<li><strong class="pname"><code>offset</code></strong> (int) - position to move to within the file, relative to
<code>whence</code>.</li>
<li><strong class="pname"><code>whence</code></strong> (int) - type of movement: 0 = absolute; 1 = relative to the current
position; 2 = relative to the end of the file.</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>Raises:</dt>
<dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
<li><code><strong class='fraise'>IOError</strong></code> - if the file doesn't support random access.</li>
</ul></dd>
</dl>
<div class="fields"> <p><strong>Note:</strong>
If a file is opened in append mode (<code>'a'</code> or
<code>'a+'</code>), any seek operations will be undone at the next
write (as the file position will move back to the end of the file).
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<p>Return the file's current position. This may not be accurate or
useful if the underlying file doesn't support random access, or was
opened in append mode.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Returns: int</dt>
<dd>file position (in bytes).</dd>
</dl>
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<p>Write data to the file. If write buffering is on
(<code>bufsize</code> was specified and non-zero), some or all of the
data may not actually be written yet. (Use <a
href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#flush" class="link">flush</a> or
<a href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#close" class="link">close</a>
to force buffered data to be written out.)</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
<li><strong class="pname"><code>data</code></strong> (str) - data to write.</li>
</ul></dd>
</dl>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">writelines</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>,
<span class="sig-arg">sequence</span>)</span>
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><span class="codelink"><a href="paramiko.file-pysrc.html">source code</a></span>
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<p>Write a sequence of strings to the file. The sequence can be any
iterable object producing strings, typically a list of strings. (The
name is intended to match <a
href="paramiko.BufferedFile-class.html#readlines"
class="link">readlines</a>; <code>writelines</code> does not add line
separators.)</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd><ul class="nomargin-top">
<li><strong class="pname"><code>sequence</code></strong> (sequence) - an iterable sequence of strings.</li>
</ul></dd>
</dl>
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<h3 class="epydoc"><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">xreadlines</span>(<span class="sig-arg">self</span>)</span>
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<p>Identical to <code>iter(f)</code>. This is a deprecated file
interface that predates python iterator support.</p>
<dl class="fields">
<dt>Returns: iterator</dt>
<dd>an iterator.</dd>
</dl>
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