IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:

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I have built this code to specifically identify a load of .XML files and to extract co-ordinates from those files. Here is my code: ``` from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET import sys, string, os, arcgisscripting gp = arcgisscripting.create(9.3) workspace = "D:/J040083" gp.workspace = workspace for root, dirs, filenames in os.walk(workspace): # returms root, dirs, and files for filename in filenames: filename_split = os.path.splitext(filename) # filename and extensionname (extension in [1]) filename_zero = filename_split[0] extension = str.upper(filename_split[1]) try: first_2_letters = str.upper(filename_zero[0] + filename_zero[1]) except: first_2_letters = "XX" if first_2_letters == "LI" and extension == ".XML": tree = ET.parse(workspace) print tree.find('//{http://www.opengis.net/gml}lowerCorner').text print tree.find('//{http://www.opengis.net/gml}upperCorner').text ``` I am having trouble with an error: ``` Message File Name Line Position Traceback <module> D:\J040083\TXT_EXTR…

Accepted Answer

You need to change the line

```
tree = ET.parse(workspace)
```

to

```
tree = ET.parse(filename)
```

because workspace is a directory and the parse method takes a filename.

IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied:

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