How do I check whether a file exists without exceptions?

Question

How do I check if a file exists or not, without using the try statement?

Answer 1

This is the simplest way to check if a file exists. Just because the file existed when you checked doesn't guarantee that it will be there when you need to open it.

import os
fname = "foo.txt"
if os.path.isfile(fname):
    print("file does exist at this time")
else:
    print("no such file exists at this time")