def _load_hive(self, fname):
# because hivex craps out with a bad file, but still tries to release in the
# __del__ method, we first check here to see if it can all be loaded.
try:
h = libhivexmod.open(fname, 0)
libhivexmod.close(h)
except RuntimeError:
raise IOError('Unable to load the registry hive "%s"!' % fname)
sys.exit(2)
return hivex.Hivex(fname)
def __del__ (self):
libhivexmod.close (self._o)
