simple way to touch a file if it does not exist

[Giampaolo Rodola']

On 22 Mag, 11:54, Ken Starks <stra... at lampsacos.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> After os.path.exists, you need to check it _is_ a
> file, and not a directory.
>
>
>
> Giampaolo Rodola' wrote:
> > 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()
> > ...
>
> > --- Giampaolo
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>
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Yeah, I forgot. :\


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