Just a small annotation how to do it without Linux commandline. Open backup.ab with an HexEditor, and replace the first 24 Bytes (0x18) with 1F 8B 08 00 00 00 00 00 and save as …

In Python's built-in open function, what is the difference between the modes w, a, w+, a+, and r+? The documentation implies that these all allow writing to the file, and says that they open the fi...

May 15, 2017 · I do not understand the difference between the "ab" and "rb+" modes when using fopen() in C. Why would I choose one instead of the other?

When you say "replace the old content that's in the file with the new content", you need to read in and transform the current contents data = file.read(). You don't mean "blindly overwrite it …

Apr 19, 2010 · Code: file ('pinax/media/a.jpg', 'wb')File mode, write and binary. Since you are writing a .jpg file, it looks fine. But if you supposed to read that jpg file you need to use 'rb' …

Nov 20, 2016 · Since the CPython (i.e. regular python) file is based on the C stdio FILE type, here are the relevant lines from the fopen (3) man page: w+ Open for reading and writing. The file is …

Mar 15, 2015 · The archive format itself in a .ab file is essentially tar with modern ustar / pax extensions, though with metadata-encoded file naming rather than strictly physical paths, etc. …

Jan 16, 2011 · 273 You need to open the file in append mode, by setting "a" or "ab" as the mode. See open (). When you open with "a" mode, the write position will always be at the end of the …

Jan 23, 2022 · I've made a backup using "adb backup --twrp" resulting in a single backup.ab file. Using Android Backup extractor suggested here How to extract or unpack an .ab file (Android …

Apr 25, 2013 · From the doc, Modes 'r+', 'w+' and 'a+' open the file for updating (note that 'w+' truncates the file). Append 'b' to the mode to open the file in binary mode, on systems that …