Python 2.x - Write binary output to stdout?

Question

Is there any way to write binary output to sys.stdout in Python 2.x? In Python 3.x, you can just use sys.stdout.buffer (or detach stdout, etc...), but I haven't been able to find any solutions for Python 2.5/2.6.

EDIT, Solution: From ChristopheD's link, below:

import sys

if sys.platform == "win32":
    import os, msvcrt
    msvcrt.setmode(sys.stdout.fileno(), os.O_BINARY)

EDIT: I'm trying to push a PDF file (in binary form) to stdout for serving up on a web server. When I try to write the file using sys.stdout.write, it adds all sorts of carriage returns to the binary stream that causes the PDF to render corrupt.

EDIT 2: For this project, I need to run on a Windows Server, unfortunately, so Linux solutions are out.

Simply Dummy Example (reading from a file on disk, instead of generating on the fly, just so we know that the generation code isn't the issue):

file = open('C:\\test.pdf','rb') 
pdfFile = file.read() 
sys.stdout.write(pdfFile)

Answer 1

Which platform are you on?

You could try this recipe if you're on Windows (the link suggests it's Windows specific anyway).

if sys.platform == "win32":
    import os, msvcrt
    msvcrt.setmode(sys.stdout.fileno(), os.O_BINARY)

There are some references on the web that there would/should be a function in Python 3.1 to reopen sys.stdout in binary mode but I don't really know if there's a better alternative then the above for Python 2.x.