-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 24/02/14 16:56, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 24/02/2014 16:36, Peter Otten wrote: >> Bob Williams wrote: >> [...] >>> Thanks, >> >> os.symlink(existing_file, symlink_to_create) >> >> fails with that error if the directory that shall contain the new >> symlink does not exist. You can create it before making the >> symlink with >> >> try: os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(symlink_to_create)) except >> OSError as err: # Assume the directory exists. # A thorough coder >> would check the errno here pass >> > > Python 3.3+ allows finer grained error handling than that shown > above, so you could catch FileExistsError, see > http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3151/ for the details. > I'm using a module (mutagen) elsewhere in this script, which only works in Python 2 (so far). Also, I'm fairly new to this, so getting things working takes precedence over 'good practice' like error trapping. But I'm also aware that it's best to establish good habits early on.
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