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return os.fstat(f.fileno())[ST_SIZE]
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# Define rand_bytes based on platform.
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# Python 2.4 and later have os.urandom,
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# but it doesn't work on some arches
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if hasattr(os, 'urandom'): # python 2.4 and later
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rand_bytes = os.urandom
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except (NotImplementedError, AttributeError):
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# If python doesn't have os.urandom, or it doesn't work,
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if os.path.exists("/dev/urandom"):
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rand_bytes = file('/dev/urandom', 'rb').read
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rand_bytes = file('/dev/urandom', 'rb').read
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## TODO: We could later have path objects that remember their list
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## decomposition (might be too tricksy though.)