open_file#

ansys.aedt.core.generic.file_utils.open_file(file_path: str | Path, file_options: str = 'r', encoding: str = None, override_existing: bool = True) → TextIO | None#

Open a file and return the object.

Parameters:

file_pathstr or pathlib.Path

Full absolute path to the file (either local or remote).

file_optionsstr, optional

Options for opening the file.

encodingstr, optional

Name of the encoding used to decode or encode the file. The default is None, which means a platform-dependent encoding is used. You can specify any encoding supported by Python.

override_existingbool, optional

Whether to override an existing file if opening a file in write mode on a remote machine. The default is True.

Returns:

Union[TextIO, None]

Opened file object or None if the file or folder does not exist.