Core Python Programming

9.4. File Built-in Attributes

File objects also have data attributes in addition to its methods. These attributes hold auxiliary data related to the file object they belong to, such as the file naFme (file.name), the mode with which the file was opened (file.mode), whether the file is closed (file.closed), and a flag indicating whether an additional space character needs to be displayed before successive data items when using the print statement (file.softspace).Table 9.4 lists these attributes along with a brief description of each.

Table 9.4. Attributes for File Objects

File Object Attribute	Description
file.closed	1 if file is closed, 0 otherwise
file.mode	access mode with which file was opened
file.name	name of file
file.softspace	0 if space explicitly ...