On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 2:21 PM, Jeremy Kloth <jeremy.kl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > try: > os.rename(new_file.name, self._path) > except FileExistsError: > - os.remove(self._path) > + temp_name = _create_temporary_name(self._path) > + os.rename(self._path, temp_name) > os.rename(new_file.name, self._path) > + os.remove(temp_name)
This should call os.replace to allow the file system to replace the existing file. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com