IOError Exception
It is an error raised when an input/output operation fails, such as the print statement or the open() function when trying to open a file that does not exist. It is also raised for operating system-related errors.
If the given code is written in a try block, it raises an input/output exception, which is handled in the except block as shown given below
Example
import sys def whatever(): try: f = open ( "foo.txt", 'r' ) except IOError, e: print e print sys.exc_type whatever()
Output
[Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'foo.txt' <type 'exceptions.IOError'>