esafwan · November 28, 2015 14:45 · Dec 10, 2013 · Dec 10, 2013 · Dec 10, 2013
diff --git a/chunker.py b/chunker.py
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ def joinFiles(fileName,noOfChunks,chunkSize):
 		dataList.append(f.read())
 		f.close()
 	for data in dataList:
-			f2 = open(fileName, 'wb')
-			f2.write(data)
-			f2.close()
+		f2 = open(fileName, 'wb')
+		f2.write(data)
+		f2.close()
diff --git a/chunker.py b/chunker.py
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ def joinFiles(fileName,noOfChunks,chunkSize):
 		f = open(chunkName, 'rb')
 		dataList.append(f.read())
 		f.close()
-#Alteration: I open the files as f2 within the loop. 
-		for data in dataList:
+	for data in dataList:
 			f2 = open(fileName, 'wb')
 			f2.write(data)
 			f2.close()
diff --git a/chunker.py b/chunker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# define the function to split the file into smaller chunks
+def splitFile(inputFile,chunkSize):
+	#read the contents of the file
+	f = open(inputFile, 'rb')
+	data = f.read()
+	f.close()
+
+# get the length of data, ie size of the input file in bytes
+	bytes = len(data)
+
+#calculate the number of chunks to be created
+	noOfChunks= bytes/chunkSize
+	if(bytes%chunkSize):
+		noOfChunks+=1
+
+#create a info.txt file for writing metadata
+	f = open('info.txt', 'w')
+	f.write(inputFile+','+'chunk,'+str(noOfChunks)+','+str(chunkSize))
+	f.close()
+
+
+
+	chunkNames = []
+	for i in range(0, bytes+1, chunkSize):
+		fn1 = "chunk%s" % i
+		chunkNames.append(fn1)
+		f = open(fn1, 'wb')
+		f.write(data[i:i+ chunkSize])
+		f.close()
+
+
+
+#define the function to join the chunks of files into a single file
+
+def joinFiles(fileName,noOfChunks,chunkSize):
+
+	dataList = []
+	for i in range(0,noOfChunks,1):
+		chunkNum=i * chunkSize
+		chunkName = fileName+'%s'%chunkNum
+		f = open(chunkName, 'rb')
+		dataList.append(f.read())
+		f.close()
+#Alteration: I open the files as f2 within the loop. 
+		for data in dataList:
+			f2 = open(fileName, 'wb')
+			f2.write(data)
+			f2.close()