best way to check if a file exists?

[jim-on-linux]

On Tuesday 31 October 2006 16:01, John Salerno 
wrote:
> What is the best way to check if a file already
> exists in the current directory? I saw
> os.path.isfile(), but I'm not sure if that does
> more than what I need.
>
> I just want to check if a file of a certain
> name exists before the user creates a new file
> of that name.
>
> Thanks.


How about something like one of these;

    if os.path.isfile(vfileName) not True :
         male file
or
   if os.path.isfile (os.path.join(os.getcwd(),
       vFileName) )==True :
        do something

  
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