[issue33240] shutil.rmtree fails if inner folder is open in Windows Explorer

[Gregory P. Smith]

Gregory P. Smith <greg at krypto.org> added the comment:

Isn't this just "how windows behaves" on some filesystems with little that we can do about it?

The only real action item I can see here is that if it is _reasonable_ for us to detect the situation and improve the error message, that'd help the users (and reduce bugreports like this).

Otherwise I suggest closing it as wont fix / working as the platform intends.

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nosy: +gregory.p.smith

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