cannot write to file after close()

Hello Python-Gurus, == f = open(LOGFILE,'w') f.write(time + '\n') f.close command = 'ping -n 20' + target + '>>' + LOGFILE system(command) == produces an error saying that a file cannot be accessed because it is used by another process. I asume it

Re: cannot write to file after close()

Thank you Reinhold, that was the solution. But just because I am curious: what is this statement without the parentheses? After all it is a valid statement... Rainer In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Reinhold Birkenfeld wrote: > Is the above exactly your code? If yes, it should be > > f.close()