[Zope] Can't open file via Python

Dieter Maurer dieter@handshake.de
Fri, 30 Mar 2001 20:52:03 +0200 (CEST)


Geoff Armstrong writes:
 > --============_-1226266739==_ma============
 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed"
Please do not send MIME messages!

 > data = open(file, 'r')
 > return data
 > 
 > 
 > ....and I get this result:
 > 
 > 
 > Error Type: NameError
 > Error Value: open
This is normal in a Python Script.

I cannot believe that it happens in an External Method, too.
They are completely unrestricted...

Or, to say it differently: I use "open" in External Methods
over and over again without any problem.


Dieter