"wesley chun" <wes...@gmail.com> wrote in message [snip]
... however, there is a tiny bug: if the $HOME environment variable is *not* set, you will get a KeyError exception. one solution is to add a default value to your get() method call so that it returns an object with a Boolean False value:
No KeyError. Default on missing is to return None.
help(os.environ.get)
Help on method get in module os: get(self, key, failobj=None) method of os._Environ instance -Mark _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor