[Zope] [Python/Zope]how to open a "File"

[Andreas Jung]

This is an FAQ!

PythonScripts run in a restricted environmenet and you have no chance
to access the filesystem through TTW code. Use an external method
instead.

-aj

--On Mittwoch, 5. November 2003 7:35 Uhr +0100 "Rakotomandimby M. A." 
<mrakotom at free.fr> wrote:

> Hi all ,
> I'm running Zope 2.6.2 (binary) on a Linux box.
> I FTP-uploaded  to the server (into the Site root) a file named "foo".
> The file has been added as a File Object ( no problem for that ) .
> This file content a single line ended by a '\n' , wich is an IP address(
> no problem for that either )
> I wrote a very simple python Script that should return the line inside
> that file _without_ the final '\n' :
>
> import string
> fichier = open('ancienne_ip','r')
> ip = fichier.readline()
> ip = string.strip(ip)
> return ip
>
> the problem is that i got error for this :
>
> Error Type: NameError
> Error Value: global name 'open' is not defined
>
> What did i do wrong ?
> Thnak you .
>
>
>
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