On Apr 3, 2005 6:42 PM, Pierre Barbier de Reuille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tthe simplest, IMHO, is : > > try: > f = file(filename, "w") > [...] > except IOError: > print "The file is not writable" > > Of course, not that this method empty the file if it is writable ! The > best is to just put your IO code in such a try block ... That way, > you're sure the file has the right mode. > > If you don't want to open the file to detect its mode, then you need to > use the os and stat modules together ... > > Pierre >
I thought of this first. But I wasn't sure if it's the simplest. Thanks for your help! _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
