Michael Hoffman wrote: > > Why aren't you using NamedTemporaryFile instead? Using mkstemp adds a
> lot of complications that are usually unnecessary. I believe I originally used mktemp(), but forgot how I learned that I should use mkstemp() instead. I originally wrote the script over 1.5 years ago. =) I may have been afraid of the "deleted when closed" at the time, but now that really isn't an issue. > > I will try to explicitly call a close() or whatever the syntax is to > > finalize the object to deletion by garbage collection. > > Files created with mkstemp are neither closed nor deleted when they are > finalized. I don't see how GC comes into it either. Ah, that may explain it. Python.org did not say that mkstemp() is outside of close or gc. I tried to both close and call gc at various intervals, but, obviously, neither affected the running of the script. Thanks alot, I think this will help. -- Anthony -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
