[Tutor] [Linux] open a file in any home "~" ?

learner404 learner404 at gmail.com
Wed Apr 19 20:40:52 CEST 2006


It works great, thanks very much to the three of you for these light-speed
answers ... I love this list !

Wesley, I've just pre-order your new edition "Core Python programming" on
amazon France, it looks great. :)

Thanks


On 19/04/06, w chun <wescpy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  f=open("~/.myapp.conf","r")  # but it returns a IOError: [Errno 2] No
> such
> > file or directory:
> >
> >  How can I do to access this file whatever the user is ?
>
> use os.path.expanduser(path)
>
> http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.3/lib/module-os.path.html
>
> hope this helps!
> -- wesley
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>
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