John Salerno 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 just want to check if a file of a certain name exists before the user
> creates a new file of that name.
>
> Thanks.
You could try to read the file, if that fails it doesn't exist:
try:
f = open('xxx')
except IOError:
f = open('xxx', 'w')
print "file doesn't exist"
print f
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