On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Victor Hooi <victorh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a CSV file that I will repeatedly appending to.
>
> I'm using the following to open the file:
>
> with open(self.full_path, 'r') as input, open(self.output_csv, 'ab') as
> output:
> fieldnames = (...)
> csv_writer = DictWriter(output, filednames)
> # Call csv_writer.writeheader() if file is new.
> csv_writer.writerows(my_dict)
>
> I'm wondering what's the best way of calling writeheader() only if the file
> is new?
>
> My understanding is that I don't want to use os.path.exist(), since that
> opens me up to race conditions.
>
> I'm guessing I can't use try-except with IOError, since the open(..., 'ab')
> will work whether the file exists or not.
>
> Is there another way I can execute code only if the file is new?
>
> Cheers,
> Victor
I've not tested, but you might try
with ... open(...) as output:
...
if output.tell() == 0:
csv_writer.writeheader()
...
HTH
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Zach
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