[SOLVED] Writing files with python produces blank 0KB file

madsovenielsen · 06-22-2010, 01:59 PM

Hey all.

I am working on a little project in python. i have produced this prototype

Code:

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-

#DocC documentation prototype

sitestructure = '<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title></title><style type="text/css">pre {background-color: #DDFFDD;border: solid 1px #BBDDBB;padding: 10px;}.notice {background-color: #DDDDFF;border: solid 1px #BBBBFF;}b {font-size: 0.8em;}</style></head><body><h1>Documentation</h1>'

userinput = raw_input("Please specify file path: ")
input = file(userinput, "r")
source_code = input.read()

source_code = source_code.replace("<","&lt;")
source_code = source_code.replace(">","&gt;")

userinput = userinput + ".html"

sitecontent = sitestructure + "<pre>" + source_code + "</pre>" + "</body></html>"

sample_file = file(userinput, "w")
sample_file.write(sitecontent)

raw_input("Pause")

Its producing a blank file. no error messages or nothing. whats wrong ?

/mads

marozsas · 06-22-2010, 03:15 PM

try to close the output file before quitting...

Code:

sample_file.close ()
quit()

madsovenielsen · 06-22-2010, 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marozsas

try to close the output file before quitting...

Code:

sample_file.close ()
quit()

Thanks a lot. that did the trick.