Python open() gives FileNotFoundError/IOError: Errno 2 No such file or directory

Question

For some reason my code is having trouble opening a simple file:

This is the code:

file1 = open(\'recentlyUpdated.yaml\')

And the erro

Answer 1

The file may be existing but may have a different path. Try writing the absolute path for the file.

Try os.listdir() function to check that atleast python sees the file.

Try it like this:

file1 = open(r'Drive:\Dir\recentlyUpdated.yaml')