Re: how do you know if open failed?

On 2006-09-28, SpreadTooThin <bjobrien62@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
f = open('myfile.bin', 'rb')

How do I know if there was an error opening my file?

Try it an see.

Seriously, it will raise an exception that you can catch.

try:
f = open('myfile.bin', 'rb')
# Do stuff with f
except IOError, inst:
print 'Phooey.', inst.errno, inst.strerror

--
Neil Cerutti
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