how to use tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() in python

Question

I want to use tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile() to write some contents into it and then open that file. I have written following code:

tf = tempfile.Nam         


        

Answer 1

This could be one of two reasons:

Firstly, by default the temporary file is deleted as soon as it is closed. To fix this use:

tf = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False)

and then delete the file manually once you've finished viewing it in the other application.

Alternatively, it could be that because the file is still open in Python Windows won't let you open it using another application.