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    <p>I am trying to remove a file after reading from it, but getting "WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process"</p> <pre><code>file = open(self.filePath) for line in file: #do things file.close() os.remove(self.filePath) #throws error os.rename(self.filePath, self.filePath + "old") #throws same error </code></pre> <p>any ideas?? </p> <p>thank you!</p> <p>UPDATE: i just restarted my (windows 7) box, started eclipse, moved os.remove("c:\file\file.txt") to the first line of my script, ran and got the same error. </p> <p>UPDATE 2: i used windows explorer to navigate to the file.. first time I couldn't delete it, it was being used by "System". second attempt the delete worked fine. the file is no longer there. now when I run os.remove("c:\file\file.txt") WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'c:\file\file.txt' then i look in windows explorer and the file is back, empty. i can delete in explorer, then when i run the script to remove, it throws the error (and creates the empty file). any idea what could be going on here?</p> <p>UPDATE 3: i am an idiot. i was opening the file in the initialization of an object when i tested by moving the "remove" to top of script, i should have put it at the top, not after creating my objects </p> <p>sorry for taking your time, i've been working on something all weekend that's due tomorrow and panicked when it wouldn't run</p>
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    1. COGrab Process Explorer or something similar and try taking a look at what actually has the file open.
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    2. COIf you try to remove the file before opening it, does that work?
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    3. COIs filePath a directory?
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