[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I've just started learning python, so this is probably one of those
> obvious questions newbies ask.
>
> Is there any way in python to check if a text file is blank?
>
> What I've tried to do so far is:
>
> f = file("friends.txt", "w")
> if f.read() is True:
> """do stuff"""
> else:
> """do other stuff"""
> f.close()
>
> What I *mean* to do in the second line is to check if the text file is
> not-blank. But apparently that's not the way to do it.
>
> Could someone set me straight please?
Along with the other posts ... consider using the lstat command to get
information about the file.
import os
print os.lstat("friends.txt")[6]
gives the size in bytes of friends.txt or throws an OSError if
friends.txt does not exist.
lstat is portable, it defaults to stat on Windows.
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