topic Python script error during installation of Splunk Forwarder Add-on for WAS in Getting Data In

Python script error during installation of Splunk Forwarder Add-on for WAS

lalbsah — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 11:50:53 GMT

I see below error while running installation script of Splunk Forwarder Add-on for WAS.
$ python was_log_inputs.py
File "was_log_inputs.py", line 228
with open('../local/'+componentconf, 'wb') as configfile:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Universal forwarder binary name: splunkforwarder-4.3.2-123586-Linux-x86_64
WAS Add on binary name: splunk_forwarder_addon_was-2.0.0-123159.tar

Please advise.

Re: Python script error during installation of Splunk Forwarder Add-on for WAS

glitchcowboy — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:17:02 GMT

I have the same issue - albeit on AIX.

python -V
Python 2.3.4

Has anyone solved this yet?

Re: Python script error during installation of Splunk Forwarder Add-on for WAS

glitchcowboy — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:27:16 GMT

It appears that the Python "with" statement didn't exist until sometime after Python 2.5. Not an authoritative source, but good enough for a perl/shell programmer:

http://preshing.com/20110920/the-python-with-statement-by-example

Re: Python script error during installation of Splunk Forwarder Add-on for WAS

quincybatten — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 04:42:10 GMT

The with statement in Python simplifies exception handling by encapsulating common preparation and clean-up tasks in so-called context managers. This allows common try..except..finally usage patterns to be encapsulated for convenient reuse and reduce the amount of code you need to write for handling different kinds of exceptions. The with statement creates resources within a block . You write your code using the resources within the block. When the block exits the resources are cleanly released regardless of the outcome of the code in the block (that is whether the block exits normally or because of an exception).