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authorGregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com>2008-03-18 00:20:01 (GMT)
committerGregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com>2008-03-18 00:20:01 (GMT)
commit887290d275a68754aa15a9924640faab392754b6 (patch)
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Fix the IOError message text when opening a file with an invalid filename.
Error reported by Ilan Schnell.
Diffstat (limited to 'Objects/fileobject.c')
-rw-r--r--Objects/fileobject.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/fileobject.c b/Objects/fileobject.c
index 932b7dc..6f8eb7c 100644
--- a/Objects/fileobject.c
+++ b/Objects/fileobject.c
@@ -256,9 +256,12 @@ open_the_file(PyFileObject *f, char *name, char *mode)
else if (errno == EINVAL) /* unknown, but not a mode string */
errno = ENOENT;
#endif
+ /* EINVAL is returned when an invalid filename or
+ * an invalid mode is supplied. */
if (errno == EINVAL)
- PyErr_Format(PyExc_IOError, "invalid mode: %s",
- mode);
+ PyErr_Format(PyExc_IOError,
+ "invalid filename: %s or mode: %s",
+ name, mode);
else
PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilenameObject(PyExc_IOError, f->f_name);
f = NULL;