Re: [Tutor] problem in opening files

2012-06-24 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Craig Cesareo wrote: Be sure your current working directory is your desktop. import os print os.getcwd() Be careful about changing the working directory from *within* Python. While you can do so, and in the hands of somebody who knows what they're doing it is perfectly fine, there are some p

Re: [Tutor] problem in opening files

2012-06-24 Thread Alan Gauld
On 24/06/12 19:17, pro...@yorku.ca wrote: >>> fo = open('mort.txt') THIS IS WHAT I TYPEDAND THE MESSAGE FOLLOWS Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in fo = open('mort.txt') IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'mort.txt' The file mort.txt certainly

Re: [Tutor] problem in opening files

2012-06-24 Thread Craig Cesareo
Be sure your current working directory is your desktop. import os print os.getcwd() Otherwise specify the full path to the text file. r'c:\users\mort.txt' -- Craig Cesareo - iPhone Pipeline Technical Director http://www.legend3d.com/ http://www.craigcesareo.com/ 609.994.6370 On Jun 24, 2012

[Tutor] problem in opening files

2012-06-24 Thread promis
I'm am just new to Python, and am having trouble getting started. I am trying to open files of data that I want to work on, and keep on getting a message that no such file exist. For example here is a copy of what I've typed and the error message >>> fo = open('mort.txt') THIS IS