Am 13.07.2012 21:57, schrieb MRAB: > It's possible to create a temporary file even in Windows.
Windows has a open() flag named O_TEMPORARY for temporary files. With O_TEMPORARY the file is removed from disk as soon as the file handle is closed. On POSIX OS it's common practice to unlink temporary files immediately after the open() call. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list