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PACKET.UNPACK(1)						packet.unpack 1.0.1						  PACKET.UNPACK(1)

NAME
       packet.unpack - Unpack module

DESCRIPTION
       Provides the object for managing and unpacking raw data from a working buffer.

CLASSES
   class Unpack(__builtin__.object)
       Unpack object

       Usage:
	   from packet.unpack import Unpack

	   x = Unpack(buffer)

	   # Get the 32 bytes from the working buffer
	   data = x.rawdata(32)

	   # Unpack an 'unsigned short' (2 bytes)
	   short_int = x.unpack(2, 'H')[0]

       Methods defined here:
       ---------------------

       __init__(self, data)
	      Constructor

	      Initialize object's private data.

	      data:  Raw packet data

       rawdata(self, size)
	      Get the number of bytes given from the working buffer.

       unpack(self, size, fmt)
	      Get the number of bytes given from the working buffer and process it according to the given format.  Return a tuple of unpack items,
	      see struct.unpack.

BUGS
       No known bugs.

AUTHOR
       Jorge Mora (mora@netapp.com)

NFStest 1.0.2							   10 April 2013						  PACKET.UNPACK(1)