All projects (even new projects) default to read_only.
Deleting the write_lock does not help, it is replaced at every time the project is set to current.
Here is the error message upon attempting enable_writes:
C:\bw2-python\envs\bw2\lib\site-packages\bw2data\project.py in enable_writes(self, force) 219 """Enable writing for the current project.""" 220 if force: --> 221 os.remove(os.path.join(self.dir, "write-lock")) 222 self.read_only = not self._lock.acquire(timeout = 0.05) 223 if not self.read_only: PermissionError: [WinError 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'C:\Users\pasca\AppData\Local\pylca\Brightway3\copy-of-ecoinvent_32_cutoff_US.546fa5af9888b4304f69c885ebe82de7\write-lock'
aleksandra-kim
commented
7 years ago
Original report by Pascal Lesage (Bitbucket: MPa, ).
All projects (even new projects) default to read_only. Deleting the write_lock does not help, it is replaced at every time the project is set to current.
Here is the error message upon attempting enable_writes:
C:\bw2-python\envs\bw2\lib\site-packages\bw2data\project.py in enable_writes(self, force) 219 """Enable writing for the current project.""" 220 if force: --> 221 os.remove(os.path.join(self.dir, "write-lock")) 222 self.read_only = not self._lock.acquire(timeout = 0.05) 223 if not self.read_only: PermissionError: [WinError 32] The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process: 'C:\Users\pasca\AppData\Local\pylca\Brightway3\copy-of-ecoinvent_32_cutoff_US.546fa5af9888b4304f69c885ebe82de7\write-lock'