import sys
        import struct
 
-       s = struct.pack(">LL18s",
+       s = struct.pack(b">LL18s",
                        0x00051607,  # AppleDouble
                        0x00020000,  # version 2
-                       ""           # pad to 26 bytes
+                       b""          # pad to 26 bytes
        )
-       sys.stdout.write(s)
+       getattr(sys.stdout, 'buffer', sys.stdout).write(s)
        EOF
 }