7 examples of 'how to overwrite a file in python' in Python

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def WriteFile(path, contents):
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    """
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    Safely attempt to write data to a file,
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    replacing the existing file or creating it and
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    ensuring file is always closed at exit.
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    Return the exception object.
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    The error is None if the data was written.
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    Log results to stderr.
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    """
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    error = None
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    with opened_w_error(path, 'w+') as (F, error):
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        if error:
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            print("Exception opening file " + path + " Error Code: " + str(error.errno) + " Error: " + error.message + error.strerror, file=sys.stderr)
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            LG().Log('ERROR', "Exception opening file " + path + " Error Code: " + str(error.errno) + " Error: " + error.message + error.strerror)
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        else:
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            F.write(contents)
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    return error

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def write_file(name, data):
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  """ Write a file. """
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  try:
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    with open(name, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
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      # write the data
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      if sys.version_info.major == 2:
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        f.write(data.decode('utf-8'))
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      else:
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        f.write(data)
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  except IOError as e:
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    (errno, strerror) = e.args
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    sys.stderr.write('Failed to write file ' + name + ': ' + strerror)
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    raise

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def write_file(name: str, text: str, opts: Any) -> None:
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    """Write the output file for module/package ."""
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    fname = path.join(opts.destdir, '%s.%s' % (name, opts.suffix))
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    if opts.dryrun:
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        print(__('Would create file %s.') % fname)
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        return
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    if not opts.force and path.isfile(fname):
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        print(__('File %s already exists, skipping.') % fname)
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    else:
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        print(__('Creating file %s.') % fname)
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        with FileAvoidWrite(fname) as f:
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            f.write(text)

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def write_new_text_file(file_path: pathlib.Path,
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                        contents: str):
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    """
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    Fails if the file already exists.
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    """
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    with file_path.open('x') as f:
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        f.write(contents)

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def writefile(filename,content,lvprt=1):
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  # content can be either a string or a list of strings
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  try:
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    f=open(filename,'w')
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    if isinstance(content,list):
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      for line in content:
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        f.write(line)
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    elif isinstance(content,str):
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      f.write(content)
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    else:
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      print 'Content %s cannot be written to file!' % (content)
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    f.close()
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    if lvprt>=1:
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        print 'File %s written.'%filename
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  except IOError:
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    print 'Could not write to file %s!' % (filename)
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    sys.exit(13)

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def write(s):
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    if not opts.dry_run:
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        fp.write(s)

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def write_file(self, what, filename, data):
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    """Write `data` to `filename` (if not a dry run) after announcing it
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    `what` is used in a log message to identify what is being written
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    to the file.
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    """
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    log.info("writing %s to %s", what, filename)
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    if six.PY3:
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        data = data.encode("utf-8")
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    if not self.dry_run:
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        f = open(filename, 'wb')
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        f.write(data)
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        f.close()