Misleading error message when opening a file (on Windows XP SP 2)

[Claudio Grondi]

Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote:
> In <ecu65e$12o$1 at newsreader2.netcologne.de>, Claudio Grondi wrote:
> 
> 
>>Here an example of what I mean
>>(Python 2.4.2, IDLE 1.1.2, Windows XP SP2, NTFS file system, 80 GByte 
>>large file):
>>
>> >>> f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r')
>> >>> f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r+')
> 
> 
> You mention the file size and gave a "speaking" name to that file -- does
> the file size matter?
Yes, it does.
I haven't tested it yet, but I suppose 2 or 4 GByte threshold value.
> 
> 
>>Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in -toplevel-
>>     f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r+')
>>IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'veryBigFile.dat'
>>
>>Is it a BUG or a FEATURE?
> 
> 
> It's the error number Windows returns for that operation.
So you just try to say:
  "it's not Python fault - it's just another bug of the damn Microsoft 
Windows operating system", right?

Claudio Grondi