Handling errors in open

[Jacek Generowicz]

Jacek Generowicz wrote before checking his spelling:

> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to prevent a Python script from
> terminating when `open' fails, and have it handle
> the error more helpfully . . . I was thinking
> along these lines:
>
> from sys import argv
>
> try:
>     file = open(argv[1],"r")
> except IOerror:

IOError does the trick !

>
>     print "You lied about that file."
>
> Jacek