On Mar 20, 4:26 pm, Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : > > > > > On Mar 20, 12:25 pm, Steven D'Aprano > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Closing a file can (I believe) raise an exception. Is that documented > >>anywhere? I've spent a lot of frustrating time trying to track this down, > >>with no luck, which suggests that either my google-foo is weak or that it > >>isn't documented. Is IOError the only exception it can raise? > > >>The only thing I have found is this: > > >>http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-bugs-list/2004-November/02603... > > >>Out of curiosity, is there a simple way to demonstrate close() raising an > >>exception that doesn't involve messing about with disk quotas? > > >>-- > >>Steven. > > > I've never had any problems closing a file. Maybe you need to flush it > > before you close it? > > Usually, closing the file flushes the buffer. At least with buffered > files, but that's the most common situation AFAICT. > > > Are you running threads that access the file in > > ad hoc fashion or something else out of the ordinary? Is this some > > sort of long running process writing a large file? > > Might just be that there's no more available storage space.
Very true...I was fishing for more information to be able to give a more specific answer. And I was tired, so I didn't think of everything. Good call, you guys! Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
