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Why do my files in vscode keep being deleted after trying to execute them?

I am currently learning to code with python in vscode but recently I have been having problems with file seemingly deleting themselves after attempted execution (image 1). I have tried Ctrl+z and I have tried recovering them but neither have worked. The files are not in my recycling bin either. If I try to create a new file of the same name in the same folder it shows me a error message (image 2) of "unable to resolve non-existing files"
When I execute my code the file saves but then becomes deleted:
This message appears if I try to undo the delete:

Have you tried to restart vscode? It is recommended that you could try the following aspects:
Check if there is any effect caused by the related expansion. For example, LaTeX Workshop extension has the function of cleaning generated files.
Check your setting.json Files,clear the contents of the user setting.json file and the vs code will return to the default value.
If it still doesn't work, you could consider installing vscode again.

Try running the Python file through a command prompt or terminal using the command python <foo_file_name>. Doing this will either confirm or deny the theory that #jasonharper made in the comments.
If you can run the script that way then we know that #jasonharper was correct and somehow your execute button/command was tampered with.

I had a similar issue using a different programming language. Building generated a file that got deleted automatically.
In my case the Windows 10 default antivirus was the cause. Turned off real-time scanning, tried again and then my files weren't deleted.
Adding an exception for the folder fixed it.

I had the Same problem with a PHP file, and turns out it wasn´t VS CODE. It was my antivirus that was moving the file to quarentine!!

How to save code at the python prompt in the terminal to a local file

I have just written a bunch of lines of code on the Python prompt at the terminal. Now, I want to save all those lines of code to a .py file.
I am unable to find out how to do that. The only thing that I could find on StackOverflow was this answer but it shows only how to do it in an iPython notebook. I am not using an iPython notebook. I am running the code at the command line on the terminal.
I tried to follow that answer (because just in case) and ran the %save magic command on the terminal but it gave a SyntaxError.
So, how do save it?
Thanks!

See http://blog.e-shell.org/174 . As wu explains, the python prompt is using readline, and you can import a Python library to access this.
>>> import readline
>>> readline.write_history_file('/path/to/history.txt')

You can trying using another interpreter : bpython , I belive it has what you need,check it out.
Save the code you've entered to a file.

You seem to be affected by the misconception, that the python environment is workspace-centered (similar to what I know from Smalltalk and some LISP variants):
fire up with an initial workspace
modify by your liking
store the result
This is unfortunately not the case. While you can import existing files, the other option is to specify an existing file as initially to be loaded and keep the interpreter open by using the -i option.

It really depends on your terminal for the exact commands.
The general idea is to copy everything (if possible) or one page at a time from the terminal into a text editor and then clean the >>> prompts (and possibly other formatting problems) in the text editor.
But anyway, typing a lot of commands directly in the execution environment if really bad practice. At least you test a handful of lines and immediately save them in a file. IDLE is great at this game...

Asking for overwrite while trying to run script in ipython

I am fairly new to programming in python. I installed anaconda and am running iPython (the Jupyter qtconsole) v.4.3.0 and python v.3.6 on a Mac. Currently, I am trying to import a module with functions located in my home directory.
I have looked at stackoverflow and python documentation and found that it could be done with:
%run "Users/myUser/python_functions.py"
or
import python_functions
However, when I try both of these approaches, I get prompted to overwrite the file that I am running or importing:
File `python_functions.py` exists. Overwrite (y/[N])?
This is changing the previous file and not getting the functions I want to be imported.
What may explain this, and what can I do to import my module?

this is wrong but leaving it up for shame
import on ubuntu (and I'm guessing many other unix-like OSs including Mac) is a utility that saves any visible window on an X server and outputs it as an image file. You can capture a single window, the entire screen, or any rectangular portion of the screen.
My guess if you are running the import command in your console, and it's about to take a screenshot and save it over an existing file - python_functions
Before you the use the python import command, start a python interpreter:
$ python
>>>import yourfile
edit: on re-reading your question, I'm not so sure about my guess anymore, but leaving it up until you tell me I'm wrong :)

Running Jupyter qtconsole as an interpreter is likely causing the problem in this scenario. Instead using a IDE or command line interpreter will resolve it .
Since anaconda was installed, trying it with the IDE Spyder executes the code just fine without the overwrite prompt. It works on others (e.g PyCharm, Rodeo, etc.) as well.

What does "== RESTART <path> ==" in the IDLE Shell mean?

I have a simple script I wrote, and when trying to run it (F5) , I get this msg:
================== RESTART: C:\Users\***\Desktop\tst.py ==================
I restarted the shell, reopened the script, but still, the same msg appears.
I use python 3.5.1 and I tried to simplify the script as much as possible, but I still get this result. Now my script is only one line with a simple print(1) command and I still get this msg.
Was there something wrong with the shell installation?

I have a simple script I wrote, and when trying to run it (F5)
That's the hotkey for IDLE to run a file. It is not ordering to do anything. It's a log statement to explicitly declare that your namespace is being cleared and the file is going to be ran fresh again.
no, I didn't tell it to restart
But you did... You pressed F5

The same thing is happening with my shell. In the older versions, this does not happen. I've also noticed that when I press Python 3.5.2 Module Docs, I have my Internet browser open up and I see my directory being displayed onscreen. It looks like:
C:\Users\mycomputername\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\DLLs.
Is that suppose to happen? Is that secured? I don't know.
I've also found that this prints out whenever I "imported" something. So if I use an import command, and put it right before the line of my random name, it will print out that "RESTART" thing. It's always at the beginning. Or what it reads as the beginning.

CIsForCookies, my guess is that you don't actually have a complete script; maybe you have just a function definition and you haven't included a line to run that function. (I had this problem and then remembered to call the function I defined; the problem went away.)

You may have made the same mistake as me and ran a program and then you wonder why RESTART is all that shows up. My program was working perfectly I just did not print anything or ask for any input so it ran and was done with the program and nothing showed up.

PyScripter won't update my imports

I am using portable python 1.1 with python 2.6.2. The PyScriptor is 1.9.9.6. I open all the files I am working on with PyScriptor. So, I run my main file and an error shows up with code in one of my imported files. I fix it and run the main file again, but the same error shows up. It is as if the imported file is still the old one but PyScriptor is correctly saving the files I edit. Restarting PyScriptor fixes it, but is a pain to do that for every bug. I tested this happens bu adding a print statement that showed up after restarting, and then removing it and still see the print statement.

You can use reload(imported_module_name) in the interactive shell to reload the module before re-running your script. PyScripter does everything in a single Python instance, which makes debugging easier, but also, as you discovered, makes fixing imported files a bit trickier.
You can also completely reinitialize the Remote Engine from the Run menu to get a fresh interpreter.