Hugo Ferreira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a problem. I'm using calling shutil.copyfile() followed by > open(). The thing is that most of the times open() is called before > the actual file is copied. I don't have this problem when doing a > step-by-step debug, since I give enough time for the OS to copy the > file, but at run-time, it throws an exception. > > Is there anyway to force a sync copy of the file (make python wait for > the completion)?
shutil.copyfile() closes both files before it returns, so I suspect this is an OS-level bug. The most likely culprits are buggy network filesystems and buggy on-access virus scanners. -M- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list