Re: FileNotFoundError thrown due to file name in file, rather than file itself

Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> writes:

On Tue, 12 Nov 2024 at 01:59, Loris Bennett via Python-list
<python-list@python.org> wrote:

2. In terms of generating a helpful error message, how should one
   distinguish between the config file not existing and the log file not
   existing?

>
By looking at the exception's attributes rather than assuming and
hard-coding the path in your message? Or, even better, just let the
exception bubble.

As Dieter also pointed out, I obviously made a mistake in assuming that
I knew what 'FileNotFound' was referring to.

However, it strikes me as not immediately obvious that the logging file
must exist at this point.  I can imagine a situation in which I want to
configure a default log file and create it if it missing.

Cheers,

Loris

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