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Unpaper PermissionError: The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process #974
Description
Describe the bug
Can't use option deskew, clean and clean_final in the ocrmypdf.ocr() method, it returns the error in the title specifically for a temporary file called "output.pgm". This file is not used by any other process.
To Reproduce
title_in = temp_folder_image2pdf+"IMAGE_TEMP.jpg"
image = images[0]
image.save(title_in, "JPEG")
image.close()
title_out = temp_folder_image2pdf+"img2pdf.pdf"
ocrmypdf.ocr(title_in, title_out, language="ita", deskew=True, clean=True, clean_final=True, image_dpi=300)
Expected behavior
Resulting OCR of the input image
Screenshots
System (please complete the following information):
- OS: Windows 10
- Python version: 3.8.8
- OCRmyPDF version: 13.4.3
- Unpaper version: 6.1
Installation
OCRmyPDF was installed using pip, while Unpaper using chocolatey.
Activity
jbarlow83 commentedon Jun 2, 2022
After analysis it turns this is a Python issue:
https://bugs.python.org/issue35144
The solution is to upgrade to Python 3.10, the only released version with the fix available
python/cpython#24793
in addition this requires a change to ocrmypdf to take advantage of the new version.
I suspect it's actually a virus scanner process triggering this issue.
unpaper: use TemporaryDirectory(ignore_cleanup_errors=True) where ava…