Re: Creating a function for a directory

2013-11-12 Thread Neil Cerutti
On 2013-11-12, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Using os.path.exists before opening a file is, for the most > part, a waste of time. I use it in conjuction with file creation times to check that I didn't forget to update/create one of the data files a process might need. Since I have to create the data

Re: Creating a function for a directory

2013-11-12 Thread unknown
On Tue, 12 Nov 2013 11:24:02 +0100, Peter Otten wrote: > unknown wrote: > >> On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:26:46 -0800, Matt wrote: >> >>> So I want to take the file, "desktop/test.txt" and write it to >>> "desktop/newfolder/test.txt". I tried the below script, and it gave >>> me: >>> "IOError: [Errno

Re: Creating a function for a directory

2013-11-12 Thread Peter Otten
unknown wrote: > On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:26:46 -0800, Matt wrote: > >> So I want to take the file, "desktop/test.txt" and write it to >> "desktop/newfolder/test.txt". I tried the below script, and it gave me: >> "IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'desktop/%s.txt'". Any >> suggestions w

Re: Creating a function for a directory

2013-11-12 Thread unknown
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:26:46 -0800, Matt wrote: > So I want to take the file, "desktop/test.txt" and write it to > "desktop/newfolder/test.txt". I tried the below script, and it gave me: > "IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'desktop/%s.txt'". Any > suggestions would be great. > > >

Re: Creating a function for a directory

2013-11-11 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 4:42 PM, Rick Johnson wrote: > On Monday, November 11, 2013 5:11:52 PM UTC-6, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Rick Johnson >> > 1. i believe win32 file paths require a qualifying volume >> > letter. >> They do not; omitting the drive letter makes t

Re: Creating a function for a directory

2013-11-11 Thread Rick Johnson
On Monday, November 11, 2013 5:11:52 PM UTC-6, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Rick Johnson > > 1. i believe win32 file paths require a qualifying volume > > letter. > They do not; omitting the drive letter makes the path relative to the > current drive (and since it doesn'

Re: Creating a function for a directory

2013-11-11 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Joel Goldstick wrote: > Sorry for incorect answer. Those guys nailed it Your answer wasn't incorrect, because it didn't give any false information. Bob and I saw the problem itself and gave advice, but you gave useful general advice on how to find the problem, whi

Re: Creating a function for a directory

2013-11-11 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:51:45 -0800, Rick Johnson wrote: > 2. Never, ever, *EVER* write data to disc before confirming the paths > your passing are pointing to the location you intended to write the > data. Use os.path.exists(path) to test your paths BEFORE trying to write > data. This is subject

Re: Creating a function for a directory

2013-11-11 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:51 AM, Rick Johnson wrote: > On Monday, November 11, 2013 4:26:46 PM UTC-6, Matt wrote: > >> So I want to take the file, "desktop/test.txt" and write >> it to "desktop/newfolder/test.txt". I tried the below >> script, and it gave me: "IOError: [Errno 2] No such file >> or

Re: Creating a function for a directory

2013-11-11 Thread Matt
Thank you guys so much. Brain fart moment. I appreciate it -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Creating a function for a directory

2013-11-11 Thread Rick Johnson
On Monday, November 11, 2013 4:26:46 PM UTC-6, Matt wrote: > So I want to take the file, "desktop/test.txt" and write > it to "desktop/newfolder/test.txt". I tried the below > script, and it gave me: "IOError: [Errno 2] No such file > or directory: 'desktop/%s.txt'". Any suggestions would be > gre

Re: Creating a function for a directory

2013-11-11 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 11/11/2013 22:26, Matt wrote: So I want to take the file, "desktop/test.txt" and write it to "desktop/newfolder/test.txt". I tried the below script, and it gave me: "IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'desktop/%s.txt'". Any suggestions would be great. def firstdev(file):

Re: Creating a function for a directory

2013-11-11 Thread Joel Goldstick
Sorry for incorect answer. Those guys nailed it On Nov 11, 2013 5:43 PM, "bob gailer" wrote: > On 11/11/2013 5:26 PM, Matt wrote: > >> So I want to take the file, "desktop/test.txt" and write it to >> "desktop/newfolder/test.txt". I tried the below script, and it gave me: >> "IOError: [Errno 2] N

Re: Creating a function for a directory

2013-11-11 Thread bob gailer
On 11/11/2013 5:26 PM, Matt wrote: So I want to take the file, "desktop/test.txt" and write it to "desktop/newfolder/test.txt". I tried the below script, and it gave me: "IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'desktop/%s.txt'". Any suggestions would be great. def firstdev(file):

Re: Creating a function for a directory

2013-11-11 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Nov 12, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Matt wrote: > So I want to take the file, "desktop/test.txt" and write it to > "desktop/newfolder/test.txt". I tried the below script, and it gave me: > "IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'desktop/%s.txt'". Any > suggestions would be great. > > > > d

Re: Creating a function for a directory

2013-11-11 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Matt wrote: > So I want to take the file, "desktop/test.txt" and write it to > "desktop/newfolder/test.txt". I tried the below script, and it gave me: > "IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'desktop/%s.txt'". Any > suggestions would be great. Its bett