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-rw-r--r--Lib/gzip.py9
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_gzip.py12
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/gzip.py b/Lib/gzip.py
index 26f435456b..13f2ca24b7 100644
--- a/Lib/gzip.py
+++ b/Lib/gzip.py
@@ -330,6 +330,15 @@ class GzipFile(io.BufferedIOBase):
elif isize != (self.size & 0xffffffffL):
raise IOError, "Incorrect length of data produced"
+ # Gzip files can be padded with zeroes and still have archives.
+ # Consume all zero bytes and set the file position to the first
+ # non-zero byte. See http://www.gzip.org/#faq8
+ c = "\x00"
+ while c == "\x00":
+ c = self.fileobj.read(1)
+ if c:
+ self.fileobj.seek(-1, 1)
+
@property
def closed(self):
return self.fileobj is None
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gzip.py b/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
index 60094dceb1..b6901343eb 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gzip.py
@@ -252,6 +252,18 @@ class TestGzip(unittest.TestCase):
else:
self.fail("1/0 didn't raise an exception")
+ def test_zero_padded_file(self):
+ with gzip.GzipFile(self.filename, "wb") as f:
+ f.write(data1 * 50)
+
+ # Pad the file with zeroes
+ with open(self.filename, "ab") as f:
+ f.write("\x00" * 50)
+
+ with gzip.GzipFile(self.filename, "rb") as f:
+ d = f.read()
+ self.assertEqual(d, data1 * 50, "Incorrect data in file")
+
def test_main(verbose=None):
test_support.run_unittest(TestGzip)