# L-28 MCS 260 Wed 31 Oct 2007 : readfilename.py
#
# Prompts the user for a file name and displays
# an error message if the name given by the user
# does not correspond to a file.

name = raw_input('Give the name of a file : ')
try:
   file = open(name,'r')
   print 'opened ' + name + ' for reading'
   file.close()
except IOError:
   print 'file ' + name + ' does not exist?'