open('.', 'rb') on python 2.3

[Arkadiusz Miskiewicz]

Hi,

Simple code fails in python 2.3:

[root@maja rdiff-backup]# python
Python 2.3 (#1, Jul 31 2003, 10:41:08)
[GCC 3.3 (PLD Linux)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory


but works in 2.2
[arekm@perfo arekm]$ python
Python 2.2.2 (#1, Dec 28 2002, 23:32:35)
[GCC 2.95.4 20010319 (prerelease)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
Is that bug, bugfix, change in python 2.3? (patch of course welcome)

System is Linux 2.4.21, glibc 2.3.2, filesystem ext3, xfs.

 

[Keith Jones]

Well, open is just an alias for file, so my novice butt is guessing
bugfix.

And once you've opened it; it doesn't seem there's much you can do with it
anyway. (this is in 2.2)Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#11>", line 1, in ?
x.readline()
IOError: [Errno 21] Is a directory


Keith