[Tutor] if file == exists, then dont copy it
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
shalehperry@home.com
Sat, 24 Nov 2001 13:22:00 -0800 (PST)
>
> The code looks like this:
> from os.path import exists
> verbose=1 # is it here?
> force=0 # are whe gonna force? noo
> if exists(config_file_name) and not force:
> if verbose: print file, ' is already created'
> else:
> print "copying file"
> os.system('cp MYFILE ' + config_file_name)
>
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> The program seem to skip everything after force=0 and
> then exit.
>
Not sure if this is your email client or your code, but the else should be
under the first if, not the second one.