errno 13: permission denied in vscode

Question

[ VSCODE ] it's a simple code to read a text file, but it keeps giving me errno 13

with open('movie.txt') as file_object:
    content = file_object.read()
    print(content.strip())

the file is saved as movie.txt, but when i used that it said there was no file under that name, when I do in fact have it saved. when i changed changed to with open('movie'), without the .txt extension, it said permission error. I've searched everywhere but i cant find the solution.

UPDATE : works if i use absolute path.

Hello - Welcome. Because of the vaguness of question I am going to assume you need to run vscode as admin if you are in windows. Permission error is usually permissions (as it sounds) or the file is currently locked/inuse. — PythonKiddieScripterX, Sep 17 '22 at 08:26
You probably have a directory called *movie* in your current working directory. If you want to open movie.txt try using an absolute path — DarkKnight, Sep 17 '22 at 08:26
Welcome to Stack Overflow. As you can see from the comments, the question is not really clear. Please read [ask] and try to improve your question so it's more on-topic here. — wovano, Sep 17 '22 at 08:41
So it seemed like you had a simple path error which has now been solved. Is there still a question? Otherwise you might remove this question, since it does not seem to be useful for others, IMHO. — wovano, Sep 21 '22 at 10:05

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 19 '22 at 02:16

Your question is answered here. There is a directory named movie in your directory structure, which makes vscode open a directory instead of a file.

What you need to do is replace movie with movie.txt:

with open("movie.txt") as file_object:
    content = file_object.read()
    print(content.strip())

errno 13: permission denied in vscode

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