PermissionError Errno 13 in python

Question

Just starting to learn some python and I m having an issue as stated below   a file   open  E  Python Win7-64-AMD 3 3 Test   encoding  utf-8    Traceback  most recent call last     File   lt pyshell 9 gt    line 1  in  lt module gt      a file   open  E  Python Win7-64-AMD 3 3 Test   encoding  utf-8   PermissionError   Errno 13  Permission denied   E   Python Win7-64-AMD 3 3  Test    Seems to be a file permission error  if any one can shine some light it would be greatly appreciated   NOTE  not sure how Python and Windows files work but I m logged in to Windows as Admin and the folder has admin permissions   I have tried changing  exe properties to run as Admin

User · Answer

For me  I was writing to a file that is opened in Excel

User · Answer

When doing   a file   open  E  Python Win7-64-AMD 3 3 Test   encoding  utf-8        you re trying to open a directory as a file  which may  and on most non UNIX file systems will  fail   Your other example though   a file   open  E  Python Win7-64-AMD 3 3 Test a txt   encoding  utf-8     should work well if you just have the permission on a txt  You may want to use a raw  r-prefixed  string though  to make sure your path does not contain any escape characters like  n that will be translated to special characters   a file   open r E  Python Win7-64-AMD 3 3 Test a txt   encoding  utf-8

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I encountered this problem when I accidentally tried running my python module through the command prompt while my working directory was C  Windows System32 instead of the usual directory from which I run my python module

[python] PermissionError: [Errno 13] in python

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