Handling errors in open
Paul Magwene
paul.magwene at yale.edu
Mon Apr 17 16:23:12 EDT 2000
Jacek Generowicz wrote:
>
> 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:
> print "You lied about that file."
>
> Jacek
Yes, that works...? (slightly confused because you seem to have found
your own answer, yet you still posted the question. Are you looking for
alternative ways to do this?)
--Paul
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