NameError: global name 'runfile' is not defined

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I get the above error when I run this code:

from os import path, access, R_OK

ODBf = 'C:/Abaqus_JOBS/Reliability/Job-M1/Job-M1-3_run_rel2.odb'

if path.isfile(ODBf) or access(ODBf, R_OK):
    print 'file exists'

The file exists and the path to the file is correct. Where is the error? Thanks

@Aya: `Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in NameError: global name 'runfile' is not defined` — jpcgandre, May 20 '13 at 14:16
is "from os import path, access, R_OK" is the line no 1 in your file? — gsmaker, May 20 '13 at 14:19

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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Sounds like you're trying to run the code inside the Python interpreter by using a function called runfile, but there's no such function built-in to Python.

Assuming your script is in a file called myscript.py, it's most common to run a script from a command-line interpreter with...

$ python myscript.py

...although on Python 2.x, you can run it from inside the Python interpreter with...

>>> execfile('myscript.py')

See this question for the Python 3.x equivalent.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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answered May 20 '13 at 14:23

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I'm using Spyder to run it. I'll try othe interpreter. – jpcgandre May 20 '13 at 14:25

NameError: global name 'runfile' is not defined

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