[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am stumped. I am trying to pass the variable 'savename' to a string > and get errors. > can someone tell me why? Thanks to all on this list. (The problem > happens in the for loop 1st line) > > This is my error > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "./ArpAcl.py", line 39, in ? > fout = file('/home/cable/sandbox/%s', 'a''w' % savename) > TypeError: not all arguments converted during string formatting
You are applying the formatting operator to the string 'aw' not to the path string. Try this: fout = file('/home/cable/sandbox/%s' % savename, 'a''w') Not sure why you have both 'a' and 'w' - which one do you want? Seems like you should pick one. Kent > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > import pexpect > import getpass > import sys > > #Go through all the routers and gather Access-list or ARP information, > return the info into it's own file. > print '\n' > print 'Router scrub will take approx 60 Seconds.' > print '\n' > print "For the ARP list enter '1'" > print "For the ACL list enter '2'" > print '\n' > > choice = input('Enter 1 or 2: ') > print '\n' > telpass = getpass.getpass('Please enter the telnet password: ') > enablepass = getpass.getpass('Please enter the enable password: ') > > if choice == 1: > command = 'show arp' > savename = 'arp.txt' > else: > command = 'sh ip access-l' > savename = 'acl.txt' > > print '\n' > print '-' * 48 > print 'You will be notified when program is finished.' > print '-' * 48 > > x = open('/home/cable/router.list','r') > routers = x.readlines() > > for i in routers: > fout = file('/home/cable/sandbox/%s', 'a''w' % savename) > c = pexpect.spawn('/usr/bin/telnet %s' %i) > c.expect('Please Enter Password:') > c.sendline(telpass +'\r') > c.sendline('enable\r') > c.expect('Password:') > c.sendline(enablepass + '\r') > c.expect('#') > c.logfile = fout > c.sendline('skip\r') > c.expect('#') > c.sendline(command + '\r') > c.expect('#') > fout.close() > c.close() > x.close() > print '\n' > print 'Finished!' > print '\n' > print 'File has been save to /home/cable/sandbox/%s' % savename > raw_input('Press any key to exit....') > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor