> Windows doesn't suppport atomic renames if the right side exists. I > suggest that you implement two code paths: > > if os.name == "posix": > rename = os.rename > else: > def rename(a, b): > try: > os.rename(a, b) > except OSError, e: > if e.errno != 183: > raise > os.unlink(b) > os.rename(a, b)
Problem is if the process is stopped between unlink and rename there would no status file. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
