From: Anonymous <redmine@...>
Date: 2008-07-18T09:21:46+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:17824] [Ruby 1.8 - Bug #286] (Open) open-uri leaking file handles

Issue #286 has been reported by Anonymous.

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Bug #286: open-uri leaking file handles
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/286

Author: Anonymous
Status: Open
Priority: Normal
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Category: 
Target version: 


With some requests (particularly status 404 from Amazon.com), the reference to the temp file used to buffer the response is lost and left open, causing failure in long running processes.  Temp file remains after process is killed.

attached script contains example repro.


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