how do you know if open failed?

[SpreadTooThin]

f = open('myfile.bin', 'rb')

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

 

[tobiah]

f = open('myfile.bin', 'rb')

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

try:
open('noexist')
except:
print "Didn't open"

 

[Fredrik Lundh]

f = open('myfile.bin', 'rb')

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

you'll notice:
Traceback (most recent call last):

</F>

 

[Neil Cerutti]

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

 

[Erik Johnson]

try:
open('noexist')
except:
print "Didn't open"

That's a way to trap any exception. I think a better answer to the
question is "You'll know if it didn't work because Python throws exceptions
when it runs into problems." You can catch exceptions and try to do
something about them if you want to. Uncaught exceptions cause the
interpreter to exit with a stack trace. Sometimes that's the most logical
thing to do.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'doesnt_exist'


It would throw a different exception if there were a permission problem, for
example.

-ej

 

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

tobiah a écrit :

try:
open('noexist')
except:
print "Didn't open"

Should be:

try:
f = open('noexists')
except IOError, e:
print >> sys.stderr, "Failed to open 'noexists' : %s" % e

 

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

f = open('myfile.bin', 'rb')

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

Traceback (most recent call last):
--
Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG
(e-mail address removed) (e-mail address removed)
HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
(Bestiaria Support Staff: (e-mail address removed))
HTTP://www.bestiaria.com/

 

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

Of course, to be semantically valid, that should be "The name with
no file" <G>
--
Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG
(e-mail address removed) (e-mail address removed)
HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
(Bestiaria Support Staff: (e-mail address removed))
HTTP://www.bestiaria.com/