An integer is required? open()

Question

I have a very simple python script that should scan a text file, which contains lines formatted as id=\'value\' and put them into a dict.

Answer 1

From http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/os_open.htm you could also keep your import and use

file = os.open( "foo.txt", mode )

and the mode could be :

os.O_RDONLY: open for reading only
os.O_WRONLY: open for writing only
os.O_RDWR : open for reading and writing
os.O_NONBLOCK: do not block on open
os.O_APPEND: append on each write
os.O_CREAT: create file if it does not exist
os.O_TRUNC: truncate size to 0
os.O_EXCL: error if create and file exists
os.O_SHLOCK: atomically obtain a shared lock
os.O_EXLOCK: atomically obtain an exclusive lock
os.O_DIRECT: eliminate or reduce cache effects
os.O_FSYNC : synchronous writes
os.O_NOFOLLOW: do not follow symlinks