"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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
Except that there are other conditions than "File doesn't exist" that can cause an 'open' to fail. -- \ "If you continue running Windows, your system may become | `\ unstable." -- Microsoft, Windows 95 BSOD message | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list