On Mon, Jul 13, 2026, at 12:36, Chris Angelico via Python-list wrote: >> In the same way, surely it is useful to have more information >> about why trying to delete a file failed. > > Only if the OS provides it.
this is why I suggested it might be worthwhile to add an exception type for "file could not be opened/deleted because another program has it open", because, unlike the permission vs readonly scenario, Windows does provide a separate error code for that situation (which is typically not an error on Unix systems). It's not a particularly urgent problem, though, since the winerror property is available. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-list.python.org
