# File: traceback-example-2.py

import traceback
import StringIO

try:
    raise IOError, "an i/o error occurred"
except:
    fp = StringIO.StringIO()
    traceback.print_exc(file=fp)
    message = fp.getvalue()

    print "failure! the error was:", repr(message)

## failure! the error was: 'Traceback (innermost last):\012  File
## "traceback-example-2.py", line 5, in ?\012IOError: an i/o error
## occurred\012'