Being a bit of a newbie, I hope this question isn't too stupid. I have
searched the archives and docs for any reports about files and csv
messages and not found anything that mentions the problem I am having.
I have happily been using the os.remove and file.close commands with a
program that sends data to an ftp site.
Now I am using the csv module to read some os files and extract some
fields that I use to send messages to someone.
Once the message has been sent I want to delete the file. Great I
think. I'll cannibalise the code I did for the ftp stuff.
The program runs in a permanent while loop and uses a for loop to
process files from a particular directory.
Unfortunately, when it comes to delete, I get a permission error. And
yes, when I run the program and try to delete the file from the
command prompt, I get a permission error.
As far as I can tell, I assume the file is being kept open in the
DictReader call. But I can't work out how I can close the file -
..close comand also returns an error. I was assuming that on the return
from the call the file would be closed - mistakenly I now think.
This is using python 2.3.3 on W2k
The sample code is below. Not much to it. If I comment out the close
and delete lines (not shown here) then the program happily carries on
processing the same files over and over. Not what I want.
I hope the code shows up in a rerasonable format for reading.
locallist = [(x) for x in os.listdir(loca ldir) if
os.path.getsize (os.path.join(l ocaldir, x)) > 0] # upload all local
files
localfiles = fnmatch.filter( locallist, '*.OUT')
for localname in localfiles:
localpath = os.path.join(lo caldir, localname)
if localname[-3:] == 'OUT':
csv_file = file(localpath)
reader = csv.DictReader( csv_file,['phone', 'msg', 'PZ', 'MP'])
for row in reader:
phone = row['phone']
msg = row['msg']
print time.ctime(time .time()),' uploading', msg, 'to',
phone
if anyone can point me in the right direction I would much appreciate
it.
searched the archives and docs for any reports about files and csv
messages and not found anything that mentions the problem I am having.
I have happily been using the os.remove and file.close commands with a
program that sends data to an ftp site.
Now I am using the csv module to read some os files and extract some
fields that I use to send messages to someone.
Once the message has been sent I want to delete the file. Great I
think. I'll cannibalise the code I did for the ftp stuff.
The program runs in a permanent while loop and uses a for loop to
process files from a particular directory.
Unfortunately, when it comes to delete, I get a permission error. And
yes, when I run the program and try to delete the file from the
command prompt, I get a permission error.
As far as I can tell, I assume the file is being kept open in the
DictReader call. But I can't work out how I can close the file -
..close comand also returns an error. I was assuming that on the return
from the call the file would be closed - mistakenly I now think.
This is using python 2.3.3 on W2k
The sample code is below. Not much to it. If I comment out the close
and delete lines (not shown here) then the program happily carries on
processing the same files over and over. Not what I want.
I hope the code shows up in a rerasonable format for reading.
locallist = [(x) for x in os.listdir(loca ldir) if
os.path.getsize (os.path.join(l ocaldir, x)) > 0] # upload all local
files
localfiles = fnmatch.filter( locallist, '*.OUT')
for localname in localfiles:
localpath = os.path.join(lo caldir, localname)
if localname[-3:] == 'OUT':
csv_file = file(localpath)
reader = csv.DictReader( csv_file,['phone', 'msg', 'PZ', 'MP'])
for row in reader:
phone = row['phone']
msg = row['msg']
print time.ctime(time .time()),' uploading', msg, 'to',
phone
if anyone can point me in the right direction I would much appreciate
it.
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