nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom tim golden wrote admit occur train try think robust way handle people proposed variations pidbased tempdir based filenames instead name test principle sounds good im wellplaced assess impact might unit tests general personally ive never really understood purpose test_supporttestfn whenever ive needed temporary file test use tempfile module eg test_cmd_line_script test_runpy tests using module dont care old files take get deleted windows tempfile uses different name time anyway using fixed testfn old approach predates existence robust tempfile module standard library cheers nick nick coghlan uytankmfgmailcom brisbane australia httpwwwboredomandlazinessorg _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 151915 1000 pythondev fixing tests windows