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Last Updated : 08 Jun, 2022
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Let us see how to handle OSError Exceptions in Python. OSError is a built-in exception in Python and serves as the error class for the os module, which is raised when an os specific system function returns a system-related error, including I/O failures such as "file not found" or "disk full".

Below is an example of OSError: 

Python
# Importing os module import os  # os.ttyname() method in Python is used to get the terminal  # device associated with the specified file descriptor. # and raises an exception if the specified file descriptor  # is not associated with any terminal device. print(os.ttyname(1)) 

Output : 

OSError: [Errno 25] Inappropriate ioctl for device

We can handle an OSError exception using try...except statements. 

Python
# importing os module   import os      # create a pipe using os.pipe() method  # it will return a pair of   # file descriptors (r, w) usable for  # reading and writing, respectively.  r, w = os.pipe()   # (using exception handling technique)  # try to get the terminal device associated   # with the file descriptor r or w  try :      print(os.ttyname(r))        except OSError as error :      print(error)      print("File descriptor is not associated with any terminal device")     

Output : 

[Errno 25] Inappropriate ioctl for device File descriptor is not associated with any terminal device

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