To check for this, try:
print(repr(SERVER_NAME))
tim
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 11:55:11AM -0700, John Meissen wrote:
> Un-printable characters (including cr/lf) in the data read from the file?
>
> > I'm trying to read the content of a file to specify the name of a server to
> > a python script. If I set the variable directly, it works fine If I read
> > the file, the script fails with a 'can't find server' error.
> >
> > Setting the hostname directly is easy enough:
> >
> > SERVER_NAME = fqdn.domain.net
> >
> > That works fine... Adding a print to the script prints the appropriate
> > hostname.
> >
> > If, however, I try to read the filename from a file, I get what amounts to
> > a host not found error:
> >
> > f1 = open('/path/to/file', 'r')
> >
> > SERVER_NAME = f1.read()
> > f1.closed
> >
> > And again, printing the variable prints the correct hostname, but when the
> > script attempts to access the host, it can't find the host.
> >
> > Ideas?
> >
> > Russell Johnson
> > [email protected]
> >
> >
> >
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