Python - How can I open a file and specify the offset in bytes?

Question

I\'m writing a program that will parse an Apache log file periodically to log it\'s visitors, bandwidth usage, etc..

The problem is, I don\'t want to open the log an

Answer 1

Easy but not recommended :):

last_line_processed = get_last_line_processed()    
with open('file.log') as log
    for record_number, record in enumerate(log):
        if record_number >= last_line_processed:
            parse_log(record)