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| -rw-r--r-- | youtube_dl/utils.py | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py index f339fcb31..bfe88b40b 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/utils.py +++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def preferredencoding(): def write_json_file(obj, fn): - """ Encode obj as JSON and write it to fn, atomically """ + """ Encode obj as JSON and write it to fn, atomically if possible """ fn = encodeFilename(fn) if sys.version_info < (3, 0) and sys.platform != 'win32': @@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ def write_json_file(obj, fn): try: with tf: json.dump(obj, tf) + if sys.platform == 'win32': + # Need to remove existing file on Windows, else os.rename raises + # WindowsError or FileExistsError. + try: + os.unlink(fn) + except OSError: + pass os.rename(tf.name, fn) except: try: |