Intermittent "permission denied" errors when using os.rename and a recently deleted path??

[Neil Hodgson]

Russell Warren:

> I've been having a hard time tracking down a very intermittent problem
> where I get a "permission denied" error when trying to rename a file to
> something that has just been deleted (on win32).

    Are you running a background file accessing tool like Google Desktop 
Search or an anti-virus application? If so, try turning them off as a test.

    Neil