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 </​WRAP>​ </​WRAP>​
  
- ​* ​Reading/​setting environments variables\\ <​code>>>>​ os.environ['​TMPDIR'​]+==== Reading/​setting environments variables ​==== 
 + 
 + 
 +<​code>>>>​ os.environ['​TMPDIR'​]
 '/​data/​jypmce/​climafcache'​ '/​data/​jypmce/​climafcache'​
 >>>​ os.environ.get('​SCRATCHDIR',​ '/​data/​jypmce/​some_scratch_stuff'​) >>>​ os.environ.get('​SCRATCHDIR',​ '/​data/​jypmce/​some_scratch_stuff'​)
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 </​code>​ </​code>​
  
- ​* ​Generating (aka //raising//) an errorThis will stop the script, unless it is called in a function, and the code calling the function explicitely catches and deals with errors+==== Generating (aka raising) an error ==== 
 + 
 +This will stop the script, unless it is called in a function, and the code calling the function explicitely catches and deals with errors
     * <​code>​raise RuntimeError('​\n\nOMG! An error! :​-(\nAborting script...'​)</​code>​     * <​code>​raise RuntimeError('​\n\nOMG! An error! :​-(\nAborting script...'​)</​code>​
     * [[https://​docs.python.org/​3/​tutorial/​errors.html|Errors and Exceptions tutorial]]     * [[https://​docs.python.org/​3/​tutorial/​errors.html|Errors and Exceptions tutorial]]
     * [[https://​docs.python.org/​3/​library/​exceptions.html|Built-in Exceptions reference]]     * [[https://​docs.python.org/​3/​library/​exceptions.html|Built-in Exceptions reference]]
  
- * Stopping a script\\ <​code>​sys.exit('​Some optional message about why we are stopping'​)</​code>​ 
  
- ​* ​Checking if a file/​directory is writable by the current user\\ <​code>>>>​ os.access('/',​ os.W_OK)+==== Stopping a script ==== 
 + 
 +A user can use ''​CTRL-C''​ or ''​kill''​ to stop a script, or ''​CTRL-Z''​ to suspend it temporarily (use ''​fg''​ to resume a suspended script). The code below can be used by the script itself to interrupt its execution, instead of raising an error 
 + 
 +<​code>​sys.exit('​Some optional message about why we are stopping'​)</​code>​ 
 + 
 + 
 +==== Checking if a file/​directory is writable by the current user ==== 
 + 
 +<​code>>>>​ os.access('/',​ os.W_OK)
 False False
 >>>​ os.access('/​home/​jypmce/​.bashrc',​ os.W_OK) >>>​ os.access('/​home/​jypmce/​.bashrc',​ os.W_OK)
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 /* /*
- * tip template\\ <​code>​Some code</​code>​+==== Tip template ​==== 
 + 
 +<​code>​Some code</​code>​
  */  */
  
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