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RE: Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new?

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> Like Victor says, that opens him up to race conditions.

Slim chance, it's no more possible than it happening in the time try/except
takes to recover an alternative procedure.

with open('in_file') as in_file, open('out_file', 'ab') as outfile_file:
    if os.path.getsize('out_file'):
        print('file not empty')
    else:
        #write header
        print('file was empty')

And if that's still not acceptable (you did say new) than open the out_file 'r+' an seek
and read to check for a header.

But if your file is not new and lacks a header, then what?
jlc

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Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new? Victor Hooi <victorhooi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-29 18:02 -0700
  RE: Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new? "Joseph L. Casale" <jcasale@activenetwerx.com> - 2013-10-30 01:42 +0000
  RE: Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new? Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2013-10-30 02:13 +0000
  RE: Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new? "Joseph L. Casale" <jcasale@activenetwerx.com> - 2013-10-30 02:55 +0000
    Re: Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new? Victor Hooi <victorhooi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-29 20:22 -0700
  Fwd: Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new? Zachary Ware <zachary.ware+pylist@gmail.com> - 2013-10-29 22:28 -0500
  Re: Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new? Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2013-10-30 08:53 +0100
  Re: Using "with open(filename, 'ab'):" and calling code only if the file is new? Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-10-30 13:23 +0000

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