[Tutor] i have a major problem

[Nick Wertzberger]

every time i try to access a file named snakeoil.txt, i get htis message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in ?
    data=open("snakeoil.txt")
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'snakeoil.txt'

how do i fix this PROBLEM!?!?!?!?

i am getting really frustrated, the file is in the same folder as the
program, and i have made a copy on the mail part of my drive so it would be
at the beginning.

im using version 2.1.1

here's the code i use

#!/usr/bin/python

# open file
data = open("snakeoil.txt")

# read file
dump = data.read()
print dump, "-- EOF -- EOF --"

# clean up
data.close()