Pickled file won't load on Mac/Linux

unpickle_file = cPickle.load(char_file)

def createSaveFile(self):
        """Create the data files to be saved and save them.

        Creates a tuple comprised of a dictionary of general character information
        and the character's skills dictionary."""
        if self.file_name:
            self.save_data = ({'Name':self.charAttribs.name,

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                self.charAttribs.char_skills_dict)
            self.file = open(self.file_name, 'w')
            cPickle.dump(self.save_data, self.file)
        self.file.close()

def getCharFile(self, event): # wxGlade: CharSheet.<event_handler>
        """Retrieve pickled character file from disk."""
        wildcard = "Character files (*.char) | *.char | All files (*.*) | *.*"
        openDialog = wx.FileDialog(None, "Choose a character file", os.getcwd(),
        "", wildcard, wx.OPEN | wx.CHANGE_DIR)
        if openDialog.ShowModal() == wx.ID_OK:
            self.path = openDialog.GetPath()
        try:
            char_file =  open(self.path, "r")
            unpickle_file = cPickle.load(char_file)
            char_data, char_skills = unpickle_file
            self.displayCharacter(char_data, char_skills)
        except IOError:
            self.importError = wx.MessageDialog(self,
            "The character file is not available!",
            "Character Import Error", wx.OK | wx.ICON_ERROR)
            self.importError.ShowModal()
            self.importError.Destroy()
            openDialog.Destroy()

char_file = open('pickle.char', 'rb')

char_file=open('filename.char','rU')

char_file = open('filename.char','wb')
cPickle.dumps(data, char_file)

self.file = open(self.file_name, 'w')

self.file = open(self.file_name, 'wb')