open

open(key, *subkeys, name, mode='r', open_kwargs=None)

Open a file that exists already.

Parameters:

• key (str) – The name of the module. No funny characters. The envvar <key>_HOME where key is uppercased is checked first before using the default home directory.

• subkeys (str) – A sequence of additional strings to join. If none are given, returns the directory for this module.

• name (str) – The name of the file to open

• mode (str) – The read mode, passed to open()

• open_kwargs (Optional[Mapping[str, Any]]) – Additional keyword arguments passed to open()

Yields:

An open file object