Script can't find input file despite being in the same directory

[Robocop]

On Oct 17, 10:27 am, "Chris Rebert" <creb... at ucsd.edu> wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Robocop <btha... at physics.ucsd.edu> wrote:
> > I have a simple little script that reads in postscript code, appends
> > it, then writes it to a new postscript file.  Everything worked fine a
> > month ago, but after rearranging my directory tree a bit my script
> > fails to find the base postscript file.
>
> > The line in question is:
>
> >  for line in fileinput.input(['base.ps']):
> >    output.write(line)
>
> What directory is output if you insert the lines:
>
> from os import getcwd
> print "CWD:", getcwd()
>
> just before the line is question?
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
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>
>
> > I'm kind of at a loss as the script is executing in the same directory
> > as base.ps, yet it can't find it.  I'm relatively new to python
> > scripting, so i'm expecting it's just something i haven't learned
> > about python that is causing the problem.  Any suggestions would be
> > greatly appreciated.
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Also i forgot this pertinent line: output = open("/home/bruce/attend/
media/ps/barcodes.ps", "w")