WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file.

[manu4387]

I am getting the below error while executing the script on one of the application server.

WindowsError: [Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process

Script used to delete the files from the server.

I had used os.remove(file) and tried with os.unlink(file) . But it is giving me the same error.

Is there any way i can skip the files which can not be deleted and script proceed further to delete other files or it delete the files forcely without giving this error.

I know the process which was using the files but i cannot stop that service because it will impact the application.

I tried with Catching the Exception but that also doesnt help.

Is there any way i could get the list of files which i am not able to delete from the directory then delete the rest one.

Attached is the code which i am executing.

Thanks

[bvdet]

There is no way to determine if a file is being used by another process in Windows that I am aware of. I am surprised it did not work by catching the exception. It works in this example:

>>> for i in range(4):
... 	try:
... 	    os.remove(fn)
... 	except WindowsError as e:
...         print e
... 	
[Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'text.txt'
[Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'text.txt'
[Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'text.txt'
[Error 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'text.txt'