import win32api, win32file, win32con

import os

def SimpleFileDemo():

testName = os.path.join(win32api.GetTempPath(),"win32file_demo_test_file")

if os.path.exists(testName): os.unlink(testName)

handle = win32file.CreateFile(testName,win32file.GENERIC_WRITE,0,None,win32con.CREATE_NEW,0,None)

test_Data = "Hello\0there".encode("ascii")

win32file.WriteFile(handle,test_Data)

handle.close()

handle = win32file.CreateFile(testName,win32file.GENERIC_READ,0,None,win32con.OPEN_EXISTING,0,None)

rc, data = win32file.ReadFile(handle,1024)

handle.close()

if data == test_Data:

print( "successfully wrote and read a file" )

else:

raise Exception("Got different data back??")

os.unlink(testName)

if __name__ == '__main__':

SimpleFileDemo();