how do i check if a file exists with python?

[Gary Herron]

Scott Hathaway wrote:
> 
> I have searched Deja, looked in two pyton books, and searched the python.org
> site trying to find out this simple question.
> 
> Can someone please give me the call and the module it lives in?
> 
> Thanks,
> Scott
> 
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This should work for any recent version of Python:
  import os.path
  os.path.isfile('somefile')

See the documentation of module os.path for several other isXXX
procedures.

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