simple way to touch a file if it does not exist

[Giampaolo Rodola']

On 22 Mag, 01:15, Nikhil <mnik... at gmail.com> wrote:
> what are the simple ways?
> I could think of os.open(), os.exec(touch file)
>
> are there any simpler methods?

Just use os.path.exists to check for file existence and open() as
replacement for touch.

>>> import os
>>> if not os.path.exists('file'):
...     open('file', 'w').close()
...
>>>


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