From: Ivan Kozik <ivan@ludios.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 06:05:39 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix "ERROR: Cannot write metadata to JSON file" on Windows
X-Git-Url: http://git.oshgnacknak.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1394646a0a531f6b13a4af7b1e3eec9951a6f9fb;p=youtube-dl

Fix "ERROR: Cannot write metadata to JSON file" on Windows

Fixes #4246
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diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index f339fcb31..bfe88b40b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def preferredencoding():
 
 
 def write_json_file(obj, fn):
-    """ Encode obj as JSON and write it to fn, atomically """
+    """ Encode obj as JSON and write it to fn, atomically if possible """
 
     fn = encodeFilename(fn)
     if sys.version_info < (3, 0) and sys.platform != 'win32':
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ def write_json_file(obj, fn):
     try:
         with tf:
             json.dump(obj, tf)
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
+            # Need to remove existing file on Windows, else os.rename raises
+            # WindowsError or FileExistsError.
+            try:
+                os.unlink(fn)
+            except OSError:
+                pass
         os.rename(tf.name, fn)
     except:
         try: