This program: import sys import traceback import cStringIO
a = 1.0 b = 0.0 try: c=a/b except: f = cStringIO.StringIO('') ei = sys.exc_info() traceback.print_exception(ei[0],ei[1],ei[2],file=f) raises this exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:/Documents and Settings/gandalf/test.py", line 12, in ? traceback.print_exception(ei[0],ei[1],ei[2],file=f) File "C:\Python24\Lib\traceback.py", line 124, in print_exception _print(file, 'Traceback (most recent call last):') File "C:\Python24\Lib\traceback.py", line 13, in _print file.write(str+terminator) AttributeError: 'cStringIO.StringI' object has no attribute 'write' What is 'cStringIO.StringI' anyway? Shouldn't it be 'cStringIO.StringIO'? Laszlo -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list