Detect file existance before open?

[Adrian Eyre]

> I would like to check for the existance of a file before I attempt an open
> and maybe throw an exception.  I don't see a way to do this.  I would like
> to tell the user that the file he specified doesn't exist.  Is there a way
> to do this or do I need to catch the exception and deal with it that way?

What's wrong with:

try:
	f=open("afile", "r")
except IOError, val:
	print "Could not read file: " + val[1]

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