creating a file from python

[Erik Max Francis]

gollem wrote:

> I want to create a file from inside a running python script.
> I can do that using commands and touch but it won't work if the
> intended
> name of the file is the value of a python variable. The file is
> created as
> the variable name instead of the variable value.

Why not

	open(fileName, 'w').close()

?

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