[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> On Oct 31, 4:01 pm, John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What is the best way to check if a file already exists in the
> > current directory? I saw os.path.isfile(), but I'm not sure if
> > that does more than what I need.
I see that 'os.path.exists' has already been pointed out in a later
post.
> You could be more "pythonic", and simply try to create the file,
> catching the exception if if fails. This works on linux:
>
> try:
> newfd = os.open('foobar', os.O_EXCL | os.O_CREAT)
> new_file = os.fdopen(newdf)
> except OSError, x:
> if x[1] == 'File exists':
> handle_file_exists()
Are you sure that both of 'os.open' *and* 'os.fdopen' will only ever
raise OSError if the file already exists, and not for any other OS
errors?
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