New submission from Richard Philips <rphil...@users.sourceforge.net>:
On Solaris 10 (Solaris 10 5/08 s10x_u5wos_10 X86), with python 2.5 (Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Sep 8 2008, 16:53:36) [C] on sunos5), tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile creates - as advertised - a temporary file. After closing this file object (e.g. by exiting the python process), the temporary file is indeed removed. But if you just kill the python process, the temporary file is not destroyed. This behavior is different on Red Hat Linux and MS Vista, on these OSes the temporary file is removed. A snapshot to illustrate the behavior: [moto /]# python Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Sep 8 2008, 16:53:36) [C] on sunos5 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> import os, tempfile >>> f = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() >>> f.name '/tmp/tmpfHraUd' >>> os.getpid() 4403 >>> x = "With root priveleges, I execute: 'kill 4403'" >>> >>> Terminated [moto /]# ---------- components: Library (Lib) messages: 79727 nosy: rphilips severity: normal status: open title: Problem with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile on Solaris 10 type: behavior versions: Python 2.5 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4928> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com