Re: [Pytables-users] closing an erroneous file

[Mythsmith <sp...@mo...>]

Hi Anthony,
Shouldn't the close() method also clear the cache? I think a file should 
be either opened or closed... Should I file a bug report?
Best regards,
Daniele

Il 21/06/2012 19:23, Anthony Scopatz ha scritto:
> Hi Daniele,
>
> This is probably because of the way PyTables caches its file objects. 
>  As a temporary work around, why don't you try clearing the cache or 
> at least removing this file.  The cache is just a dictionary and it is 
> located at "tables.file._open_files".   ie try:
>
> tables.file._open_files.clear()
> -or-
> del tables.file._open_files.pop["touch.h5"]
>
> Be Well
> Anthony
>
> On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Mythsmith <sp...@mo... 
> <mailto:sp...@mo...>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>     I noticed that if I open an erroneous file (eg: empty), then it
>     seems not possible to completely close it and reopen the same
>     path, even if a valid file was created in the meanwhile.
>     The error is:
>     ValueError: The file 'touch.h5' is already opened.  Please close
>     it before reopening in write mode.
>
>     You find a complete example attached.
>
>     Regards,
>     daniele
>
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