from test_support import verbose, findfile, TestFailed, TestSkipped import linuxaudiodev import errno import os def play_sound_file(path): fp = open(path, 'r') data = fp.read() fp.close() try: a = linuxaudiodev.open('w') except linuxaudiodev.error, msg: if msg[0] in (errno.EACCES, errno.ENODEV): raise TestSkipped, msg raise TestFailed, msg else: a.write(data) a.close() def test(): play_sound_file(findfile('audiotest.au')) test()