[Tutor] RuntimeError: file does not exist

[Alan Gauld]

"Susana Iraiis Delgado Rodriguez" <susana.delgado_s at utzmg.edu.mx> 
wrote

> message which tells me the file I want to work with
> doesn't exist, but it does.

I don't believe you! :-)

> Traceback (most recent call last):...
>     lyr.datasource = mapnik.Shapefile(base=filepath, file=filepath)
>     return CreateDatasource(keywords)
> RuntimeError: C:\Ýndice.shp/C:\Ýndice does not exist

That "file name" has two C: in it which I am pretty sure is
an illegal path in Windows. Therfore the file cannot exist.

You just need to build your path correctly I suspect.

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Alan Gauld
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