Misleading error message when opening a file (on Windows XP SP 2)

2006-08-28 Thread Claudio Grondi
Here an example of what I mean (Python 2.4.2, IDLE 1.1.2, Windows XP SP2, NTFS file system, 80 GByte large file): f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r') f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r+') Traceback (most recent call last): File pyshell#1, line 1, in -toplevel- f =

Re: Misleading error message when opening a file (on Windows XP SP 2)

2006-08-28 Thread Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Claudio Grondi wrote: Here an example of what I mean (Python 2.4.2, IDLE 1.1.2, Windows XP SP2, NTFS file system, 80 GByte large file): f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r') f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r+') You mention the file size and gave a speaking name to that

Re: Misleading error message when opening a file (on Windows XP SP 2)

2006-08-28 Thread Claudio Grondi
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Claudio Grondi wrote: Here an example of what I mean (Python 2.4.2, IDLE 1.1.2, Windows XP SP2, NTFS file system, 80 GByte large file): f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r') f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r+') You mention the file size

Re: Misleading error message when opening a file (on Windows XP SP 2)

2006-08-28 Thread Tim Peters
[Claudio Grondi] Here an example of what I mean (Python 2.4.2, IDLE 1.1.2, Windows XP SP2, NTFS file system, 80 GByte large file): f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r') f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r+') Traceback (most recent call last): File pyshell#1, line 1, in -toplevel- f =

Re: Misleading error message when opening a file (on Windows XP SP 2)

2006-08-28 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Tim Peters wrote: Assuming the file exists and isn't read-only, I bet it's a Windows bug, and that if you open in binary mode (r+b) instead I bet it goes away (this wouldn't be the first large-file text-mode Windows bug). dir bigfile.dat 2006-08-28 11:46 5 000 000 000 bigfile.dat f =

Re: Misleading error message when opening a file (on Windows XP SP 2)

2006-08-28 Thread Claudio Grondi
Tim Peters wrote: [Claudio Grondi] Here an example of what I mean (Python 2.4.2, IDLE 1.1.2, Windows XP SP2, NTFS file system, 80 GByte large file): f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r') f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r+') Traceback (most recent call last): File pyshell#1, line 1, in

Re: Misleading error message when opening a file (on Windows XP SP 2)

2006-08-28 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Tim Peters wrote: Traceback (most recent call last): File pyshell#1, line 1, in -toplevel- f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r+') IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'veryBigFile.dat' Is it a BUG or a FEATURE? Assuming the file exists and isn't read-only, I bet it's a Windows

Re: Misleading error message when opening a file (on Windows XP SP 2)

2006-08-28 Thread Claudio Grondi
Fredrik Lundh wrote: Tim Peters wrote: Traceback (most recent call last): File pyshell#1, line 1, in -toplevel- f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r+') IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'veryBigFile.dat' Is it a BUG or a FEATURE? Assuming the file exists and isn't read-only, I

Re: Misleading error message when opening a file (on Windows XP SP 2)

2006-08-28 Thread Georg Brandl
Claudio Grondi wrote: Tim Peters wrote: [Claudio Grondi] Here an example of what I mean (Python 2.4.2, IDLE 1.1.2, Windows XP SP2, NTFS file system, 80 GByte large file): f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r') f = file('veryBigFile.dat','r+') Traceback (most recent call last): File