[Tutor] os.symlink can't find target

[Bob Williams]

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On 24/02/14 16:56, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 24/02/2014 16:36, Peter Otten wrote:
>> Bob Williams wrote:
>> 
[...]
>>> Thanks,
>> 
>> os.symlink(existing_file, symlink_to_create)
>> 
>> fails with that error if the directory that shall contain the new
>> symlink does not exist. You can create it before making the
>> symlink with
>> 
>> try: os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(symlink_to_create)) except
>> OSError as err: # Assume the directory exists. # A thorough coder
>> would check the errno here pass
>> 
> 
> Python 3.3+ allows finer grained error handling than that shown
> above, so you could catch FileExistsError, see 
> http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3151/ for the details.
> 
I'm using a module (mutagen) elsewhere in this script, which only
works in Python 2 (so far). Also, I'm fairly new to this, so getting
things working takes precedence over 'good practice' like error
trapping. But I'm also aware that it's best to establish good habits
early on.

Bob
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