No file from stdin

[Tartifola]

Hi,
suppose a script of python is waiting for a file from the stdin and none
is given. How can I make the script to stop and, for example, print an
error message?

Sorry for the n00b question and thanks

[aspineux]

On 24 mai, 18:48, Tartifola <[e-mail]:

Hi,
suppose a script of python is waiting for a file from the stdin and none
is given. How can I make the script to stop and, for example, print an
error message?

Sorry for the n00b question and thanks

import sys
import os.path

if len(sys.argv)<2:
print >>sys.stderr, 'Usage: %s filename' %
(os.path.basename(sys.argv[0]),)
sys.exit(1)

print 'Your filename is %s' % (sys.argv[1],)

[Matimus]

On May 24, 9:48 am, Tartifola <[e-mail]:

Hi,
suppose a script of python is waiting for a file from the stdin and none
is given. How can I make the script to stop and, for example, print an
error message?

Sorry for the n00b question and thanks

I'm not exactly sure what you mean. This assumes that you intended the
contents of the file be piped in from the command line.

import sys
 
if sys.stdin.isatty():
print >>sys.stderr, "expected input from stdin"
sys.exit(1)
 
sys.stdout.write(sys.stdin.read())
 

If you simply want a prompt "Enter a filename:", followed by an error
if it is not a valid file, I would use something like this:

import sys
 
filename = raw_input("Enter a filename:")
 
try:
f = open(filename)
except IOError,e:
print >>sys.stderr, e.strerror, e.filename
sys.exit(e.errno)
 
#do stuff with f
 

[Tartifola]

Hi,

On May 24, 9:48 am, Tartifola <[e-mail]:

Hi,
suppose a script of python is waiting for a file from the stdin and none
is given. How can I make the script to stop and, for example, print an
error message?

Sorry for the n00b question and thanks

I'm not exactly sure what you mean. This assumes that you intended the
contents of the file be piped in from the command line.
[code]
import sys

if sys.stdin.isatty():
print >>sys.stderr, "expected input from stdin"
sys.exit(1)

That's exactly what I was looking for. I did not know about isatty()
thanks