I noticed today if I attempt to create a ZipFile object for read access, and the zip file is zero bytes, the ZipFile object throws an exception, but there is still an open handle to the file. So if I catch that exception, and then try to delete the file, the delete then fails. I have attached a script that replicates the issue.
I expect this should already be fixed by the commit in http://bugs.python.org/issue6511 BadZipFile will now be raised for empty files rather than IOError, and so ZipFile._GetContents() should now also close the file. The fix was committed to trunk, but I don't see it merged into 2.6.
Thanks. I did do a search before opening my ticket. Not sure why I didn't see that in my search. Sorry for the duplicate ticket. Steve Kelker (952)882-4381 (or x4381)
The 2.6 branch was frozen except for critical issues during the release process for 2.6.3 and then 2.6.4. Now that 2.6.4 is out, the bug fix can be backported.