Detect file existance before open?

[Scott Barron]

I've been using os.path.isfile (file) to do something similar.  Works well
for me.

-Scott

In article <002701bf196e$81144730$3acbd9c2 at peridot.optichrome.com>, 
Adrian Eyre wrote:
>> I would like to check for the existance of a file before I attempt an open
>> and maybe throw an exception.  I don't see a way to do this.  I would like
>> to tell the user that the file he specified doesn't exist.  Is there a way
>> to do this or do I need to catch the exception and deal with it that way?
>
>What's wrong with:
>
>try:
>	f=open("afile", "r")
>except IOError, val:
>	print "Could not read file: " + val[1]
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