FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: ''

[Dan Stromberg]

Open a cmd.exe, command.exe or powershell, and:

cd c:\my\dir\ect\ory
Then run your script.

Or put an os.chdir(r'c:\my\dir\ect\ory') at the top of your script.

Or use file = open(r'c:\my\dir\ect\ory\Egils Saga 1-15.txt', 'r')

BTW, "file" means something to python other than just a variable name.  You
can replace it, as your code below (and my example above) does, but it
obscures the thing you're replacing.  That's why I like to use file_
instead of file.

On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 10:42 AM Quentin Bock <qberz2005 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Okay, how exactly do I do that?
> Thanks
>
> On Wed, 14 Apr 2021 at 13:35, Dan Stromberg <drsalists at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 9:14 AM Quentin Bock <qberz2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I receive this error when I try to open a file
>>> The file (what I'm trying to open) is in the same folder as the program
>>> I'm
>>> trying to open it from; why is it saying no such file or directory?
>>>
>>> this is the only part of the code that causes the error
>>>
>>> file = open('Egils Saga 1-15.txt', "r")
>>>
>>> file.close()
>>>
>>
>> Python will try to open the file in the directory you are currently in,
>> rather than the directory your program is in.
>>
>> Try cd'ing to the appropriate directory first.  Or specify a full to your
>> file in the open.
>>
>>
>>