#!/usr/bin/env python

'makeTextFile.py -- create text file'

import os

# get filename

while True:

fname = raw_input('Enter file name: ')

if os.path.exists(fname):

print"*** ERROR: '%s' already exists" % fname

else:

break

# get file content (text) lines

all = []

print "\nEnter lines ('.' by itself to quit).\n"

# loop until user terminates input

while True:

entry = raw_input('> ')

if entry == '.':

break

else:

all.append(entry)

# write lines to file with NEWLINE line terminator

fobj = open(fname, 'w')

fobj.write('\n'.join(all))

fobj.close()

print 'DONE!'