touch my_empty_file
python -c 'import iris; iris.load("my_empty_file")'
...
File ".../iris/io/format_picker.py", line 238, in <lambda>
MAGIC_NUMBER_32_BIT = FileElement('32-bit magic number', lambda filename, fh: struct.unpack('>L', fh.read(4))[0])
struct.error: unpack requires a string argument of length 4
Options: ignore; warn; or raise helpful error.