python: read beyond end of file
<p>I'm trying to read beyond the EOF in Python, but so far I'm failing (also tried to work with seek to position and read fixed size).</p>

<p>I've found a workaround which only works on Linux (and is quite slow, too) by working with debugfs and subprocess, but this is to slow and does not work on windows.</p>

<p>My Question: is it possible to read a file beyond EOF in python (which works on all platforms)?</p>