file open "no such file"

[Robert Kern]

Gary Wessle wrote:
> I am getting this error when I try to run the code below
> 
> ****************
> f = open("~/m", "r")
> print f.read()
> ****************
> 
> ****************
> :~$ python python/my.py 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "python/my.py", line 1, in ?
>     f = open("~/m", "r")
> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '~/m'
> ****************
> 
> but I have the "m" file in my home/username/

There is no automatic ~expansion. You will need to use the function
os.path.expanduser().

-- 
Robert Kern
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 an underlying truth."
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