On Dec 6, 12:25 am, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED] cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> The rename works, but here is my problem: after getting what I thought > was an exclusive lock on the new file, but before calling os.rename(), I > can still over-write it from another process: > > $ echo "this comes from another process" > spam.txt > $ cat spam.txt > this comes from another process What happens if you try to delete spam.txt at this point instead of over-write it? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
