Re: can you improve this text-only beginner copy program?

On 2025-08-27, Chris Angelico via Python-list <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Aug 2025 at 01:28, Ethan Carter <[email protected]> wrote:
>> def copy(s, d):
>>   """Copies text file named S to text file named D."""
>>   with open(s) as src:
>>     with open(d, "w") as dst:
>>       try:
>>         dst.write(src.read())
>>       except Exception:
>>         os.remove(d)
>>         raise
>>
>
> In the event of an exception, you attempt to remove the destination
> file BEFORE exiting the `with` statement. While that might succeed on
> some platforms, it will potentially fail on others.

Specifically, it should work on Unix/Linux OSes. I _think_ it will
fail on (most) Windows OSes, but making definitive statements about
how things work on "Windows" is beyond my ken.

--
Grant