newbie permission problem

[Peter Abel]

"Ann" <Anna at nospam.invalid> wrote in message news:<azO7d.404372$8_6.311894 at attbi_s04>...
> "Ann" <Anna at nospam.invalid> wrote in message
> news:PUN7d.296691$mD.66455 at attbi_s02...
> >
> > "Sol Mumey" <smumeyyahoocom at add.dots> wrote in message
> > news:7sN7d.593248$gE.589623 at pd7tw3no...
> > > Ann wrote:
> > > > I am new to python. I have a small program that
> > > > deletes small jpeg files, but I am getting a
> > > > permission error, even though I am the owner of the
> > > > file and the directory has 777 permission. I have
> > > > WIN XP Pro. I have mks toolkit "ls" command.
> > > > Login name is "Philip"
> > > >
> > > > -------------
> > > >
> > > > 36      45      border_l_r2_c3.gif is tiny      <- printed by program
> > > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > > >   File "C:\test2.py", line 28, in ?
> > > >     os.remove(d) # delete the tiny files
> > > > OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'border_l_r2_c3.gif'
> > > >
> > > > C:\>ls -ld . border_l_r2_c3.gif
> > > > drwxrwsrwx   1 Philip   None     0 Oct  2 23:40 .
> > > > -rwxrwxrwa   1 Philip   None   398 Oct  2 22:42 border_l_r2_c3.gif
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Are you sure that the unix-style permission reported by ls are
> > > reflecting the true permissions (and read only attribute) on the file.
> > > We use Cygwin at work, at the permissions reported by ls, etc. are
> > > meaningless with our installation (though that need not be the case with
> > > Cygwin). From the commandline I think you can check/set this with
> > > attrib.exe, if a bunch need to be checked/changed.
> >
> > Yes, I'm not so sure about the output of "ls" myself. (note the 'a'
> > where I would expect an 'x' for the file) I did try the
> > attrib command, but it only showed that the directory is "system"
> > and the file is "archive". Also, I created the file via under my
> > account (ls shows owner = Philip) and I can delete it manually with
> > "rm" or "del" or with a perl script just fine. I also tried using
> > "os.unlink(d)" with the same results. I found another command
> > lsacl to list the access control list, it gives this: (YOGA is my
> > workstation name)
> >
> > C:\>lsacl border-l-r2-c3.gif
> > border-l-r3-c3[1].gif:
> >  ACE: Allow YOGA\Philip            -
> > R,W,X,A,DC,RE,WE,RA,WA,D,RC,WD,O,S
> >  ACE: Allow NT+AUTHORITY\SYSTEM    -
> > R,W,X,A,DC,RE,WE,RA,WA,D,RC,WD,O,S
> >  ACE: Allow BUILTIN\Administrators -
> > R,W,X,A,DC,RE,WE,RA,WA,D,RC,WD,O,S
> >
> 
> I found the problem just now, the file is still open when I tried
> to delete it. If I use
> 
> fp = open("filename.jpg", "rb")
> im = Image.open(fp)
> 
> then I can close fp and delete the file.
> 
> How can I just use
> im = Image.open("filename.jpg")
> without having to use a fp

The following works for me though it's a long way round:
>>> jpeg='filename.jpg'
>>> import cStringIO
>>> im=Image.open(cStringIO.StringIO(file(jpeg,'rb').read()))
>>> os.remove(jpeg)
>>>

I had expected that the following would work too, but it doesn't:
>>> im=Image.open(file(jpeg,'rb'))
>>> os.remove(jpeg)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'filename.jpg'

My opinion is that Image.open( filepointer ) binds the filpointer-object
to a name while StringIO doesn't and the garbagecollector will close the file.

BTW why do you open an imagefile when you want to delete it? If you want to
decide by view which imagefile should be deleted it would be good practice
to open the imagefile, load the image and then close the file.

Regards
Peter