PY shutil on win xp home version
Tim Golden
mail at timgolden.me.uk
Wed Apr 18 17:02:58 EDT 2007
jim-on-linux wrote:
> python help,
>
> A client is using win xp home.
>
> my program contains;
> shutil.copyfile(n, 'prn')
>
> This runs fine on win xp pro but they are getting
> the following traceback.
>
> File "LOP_PRT_10.pyc", line 170, in __init__
> File "LOP_PRT_10.pyc", line 188, in Fprint1
> File "shutil.pyc", line 47, in copyfile
> IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:
> 'prn'
>
> Since this runs ok on win xp pro, does this have
> something to do with the home version of xp.
>
> I'm thinking of changeing 'prn' to 'lpt1' and
> trying again but I don't want to use the client
> as a testor. Or is there some other explaination
> for the problem.
Not that this is your question, but if you're
trying to print under Windows have you looked
at:
http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/win32_how_do_i/print.html
for alternatives?
TJG
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