scott dial rzcefgidboitttscottdialcom martin v löwis wrote using fixed testfn old approach predates existence robust tempfile module standard library believe rationale testfn provide fixed name precisely test suite doesnt leave tons garbage around figured going answer wonder would better use tempfile module generate unique filenames contained special directory would seem functionally equivalent sense removing garbage easy rmtreetestdir would also solve windows problem files cant unlinked suppose one would periodically cleanup temp folder files left behind thats still improvement currently required testfn unlinked reason could see switch undesirable wanted go read test file hand im sure anyone scott scott dial hmigvscottdialcom scodialcsindianaedu _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 015704 0400 pythondev fixing tests windows