On Jun 6, 12:30 pm, "Roger Upole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Can os.path.isfile(x) ever return True after os.remove(x) has > > successfully completed? (Windows 2003, Python 2.3) > > Yes. If another application has opened the file with FILE_SHARE_DELETE, > os.remove succeeds but the file doesn't actually disappear until the last open > handle to it is closed. >
Roger, Thanks - you've hit the nail on the head. This is the final piece of the puzzle and I've now been able to reproduce the problem! The cause is ... - a TSVCache.exe (Tortoise SVN) process is scanning the file with FILE_SHARE_DELETE access at the moment that the os.remove occurs - this causes os.remove to return but the file is still there while the scan completes - next, os.path.isfile returns True and the app raises an exception - a short while later the scan is complete and Windows deletes the file Thanks to everyone who responded - I didn't expect to be able to get to the bottom of this so quickly! Thanks, Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
