There are two problems: (1) by quoting 'source', you refer to a string
literal, not the variable you defined via raw_input; (2) you have not
defined the variable 'input', so there's no way to call the 'read'
method on it.
Try this instead:
source_path = raw_input('file path: ')
s = open(source_path).read()
print s
The default behavior of 'open' includes 'r' implicitly.
You can also use the function 'file', which is a synonym for 'open':
s = file(source).read()
Be warned that using the same syntax when writing files is dangerous;
in that case you should create a file object and explicitly close it.
f = file('a_copy', 'w')
f.write(s)
f.close()
HTH,
Michael
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