confusion about opening files

[Mark McEahern]

[I wrote]
> This is a FAQ.  You should probably find the Python FAQ and read
> it.  Short story:  Don't use 'from x import *' unless you know
> what you're doing.

I should have read the post I was replying to more carefully.  I saw the
"integer required" error and didn't notice that the OP was using os.open.
So the 'from x import *' was a red herring.  As Erik Max Francis pointed
out, the OP should use open instead of os.open.

My apologies.

Cheers,

// mark

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