Joel Rees wrote:

>Just in case you're still groggy when you wake up this morning, the page
>for pack() lists an 'N' format for unsigned long big endian byte order
>for pack() and unpack(). I think what you probably want to do most is
>use the 'N' format when you unpack.
>
>(The other responses were amusing, was it a full moon last night? ;-))
>
Thanks for the heads up. Ill give it a try...