On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Ned Batchelder <n...@nedbatchelder.com>wrote:
> On 10/10/13 12:44 PM, Isaac Gerg wrote: > >> Sorry, I am just providing pseudo code since I the code i have is quite >> large. >> >> As I mentioned, the code works fine when I remove the multirpcessing >> stuff so the filename is not the issue (though you are right in your >> correction). >> >> Someone with the same problem posted a smaller, more complete example >> here: >> >> http://stackoverflow.com/**questions/948119/preventing-** >> file-handle-inheritance-in-**multiprocessing-lib<http://stackoverflow.com/questions/948119/preventing-file-handle-inheritance-in-multiprocessing-lib> >> >> None of the solutions posted work. >> > > (BTW: it's better form to reply beneath the original text, not above it.) > > None of the solutions try the obvious thing of closing the file before > spawning more processes. Would that work for you? A "with" statement is a > convenient way to do this: > > with open(filename,'r') as f: > data = f.read() > > The file is closed automatically when the with statement ends. > > --Ned. > > >> On Thursday, October 10, 2013 12:38:19 PM UTC-4, Piet van Oostrum wrote: >> >>> Isaac Gerg <isaac.g...@gergltd.com> writes: >>> >>> >>> >>> I have a function that looks like the following: >>>> >>> >>> >>> That doesn't look like a function >>> >>> >>> >>> #-----------------------------**---- >>>> filename = 'c:\testfile.h5' >>>> >>> >>> >>> Your filename is most probably wrong. It should be something like: >>> >>> >>> >>> filename = 'c:/testfile.h5' >>> >>> filename = 'c:\\testfile.h5' >>> >>> filename = r'c:\testfile.h5' >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Piet van Oostrum <p...@vanoostrum.org> >>> >>> WWW: http://pietvanoostrum.com/ >>> >>> PGP key: [8DAE142BE17999C4] >>> >> > I will try what you suggest and see if it works. Additionally, is there a place on the web to view this conversation and reply? Currently, I am only able to access this list through email.
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