On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 16:48:37 +0200, Diez B. Roggisch wrote: > Where does that help for new files? The OP was right in assuming that a > race condition could occur when he tests for a file & then tries to > create it, as in the meantime it could have been created.
Ah! "Race condition" -- that was the term I was looking for ... now maybe I'll have some better results with Google. -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list