IOError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

Question

I have a sort of xml like file here: https://github.com/alvations/pywsd/blob/master/pywsd/data/semcor3.0_naf/brown1/br-e24.naf

And when I tried to read it as below, I got an IOError:

>>> import io
>>> infile = io.open('pywsd/data/semcor3.0_naf/brown1/br-e24.naf', 'r', encoding='utf8')
>>> infile.read()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
IOError: [Errno 5] Input/output error

What does IOError: [Errono5] mean?

Has the error tell me that something is wrong in how I read the file or something wrong with the file?

How do I resolve the error?

Most likely because I see a few google results with the same question. (Not downvoting, but considering it) — Sterling Archer
– Sterling Archer, Commented Nov 7, 2014 at 15:57
Unfortunately this question falls under the "why isn't my code working" category, so that also might be why. Try improving your question with what you've done to debug, links to questions you've cited, etc — Sterling Archer
– Sterling Archer, Commented Nov 7, 2014 at 16:02

Javier · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-07 16:16:05Z

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man errno says errno 5 is EIO: Input/output error (POSIX.1).

Pretty generic and the same you get in your exception.

This is as far as this can be explored from the information provided.

answered Nov 7, 2014 at 16:16

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alvas Over a year ago

I've tried it on another machine and it seems to be a hardware problem. It was fine on another machine =(

Javier Over a year ago

You can double check reading the file with something else like cat.

Martin Thoma · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-20 11:45:41Z

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I had this problem at university when I exceeded my quota.

You can check your quota with

quota -s

answered Apr 20, 2017 at 11:45

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