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[Python-Dev] Tests failing on Windows with TESTFN

eryk sun eryksun at gmail.com
Sun Jul 29 10:22:03 EDT 2018 
On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 12:35 PM, Steve Dower <steve.dower at python.org> wrote:
>
> One additional thing that may help (if support.unlink doesn't already do it)
> is to rename the file before deleting it. Renames are always possible even
> with open handles, and then you can create a new file at the original name.

Renaming open files typically fails with a sharing violation (32).
Most programs open files with read and write sharing but not delete
sharing. This applies to Python, except temporary files (i.e.
os.O_TEMPORARY) do share delete access. Renaming a file is effectively
adding a new link and deleting the old link, so it requires opening
the file with delete access. Also, renaming a directory that has open
files in the tree fails with access denied (5).
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