Can os.remove followed by os.path.isfile disagree?

[Roger Upole]

ppaterson at gmail.com wrote:
> Can os.path.isfile(x) ever return True after os.remove(x) has
> successfully completed? (Windows 2003,  Python 2.3)

Yes.  If another application has opened the file with FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
os.remove succeeds but the file doesn't actually disappear until the last open
handle to it is closed.

          Roger




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