> > Is the file on a network drive by any chance? > > Diez No, but the server is actually a VMWare VM and the drive is a virtual drive.
I'm thinking that this may be significant as it may be that the VMWare VHD driver is the "flashy software running which intercepts OS file- manipulation calls" that Tim Golden suggested. Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
