There is a small amount of time between the `if` and the `with` where another process can delete the file, hence causing a race condition. Attempting to open the file and catching any exceptions raised is generally safer.
Won't it throw the same "FileNotFound" exception in that case? The issue being bothering to check if it exists in the first place I suppose.
Yes, but it won't log the error as it is clearly the intention of the first check.
OK, that does make sense. Thanks!