From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 03:53:18 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Open the file in binary mode -- so serving images from a Windows box
X-Git-Tag: v1.5.2b1~115
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=391c8b4ea2fb688f2c0184ee219723d837732937;p=python

Open the file in binary mode -- so serving images from a Windows box
might actually work.
---

diff --git a/Lib/SimpleHTTPServer.py b/Lib/SimpleHTTPServer.py
index 71268558f7..717a472b59 100644
--- a/Lib/SimpleHTTPServer.py
+++ b/Lib/SimpleHTTPServer.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class SimpleHTTPRequestHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
             self.send_error(403, "Directory listing not supported")
             return None
         try:
-            f = open(path)
+            f = open(path, 'rb')
         except IOError:
             self.send_error(404, "File not found")
             return None