On Jul 10, 6:24 am, John Nagle <na...@animats.com> wrote: > That's because you're using the wrong approach. See how to use > ReplaceFile under Win32: > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365512%28VS.85%29.aspx
I'm not convinced ReplaceFile is atomic: "The ReplaceFile function combines several steps within a single function. An application can call ReplaceFile instead of calling separate functions to save the data to a new file, rename the original file using a temporary name, rename the new file to have the same name as the original file, and delete the original file." About the best you can get in Windows, I think, is MoveFileTransacted, but you need to be running Vista or later: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365241(v=vs.85).aspx I agree with your suggestion of using something transactional that isn't bound to later Window versions, though. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
