FInding files with python

[Fredrik Lundh]

"Widgeteye" <Widgeteye at widgets.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how you would test for the existence
> of a file on your drive in python.
>
> I want to write a little program that does the following:
>
> If (file exists)
>   do the following

import os

# check if there's a file with this name
if os.path.isfile(filename):
    ...

# check if there's anything with this name
if os.path.exists(filename):
    ...

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