topic Re: How do you force a GP tool to release it's output in Python Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-do-you-force-a-gp-tool-to-release-it-s-output/m-p/18039#M1419 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Have you found a way to resolve this? I'm having a similar issue with a shapefile after using arcpy.ImportMetadata_conversion. The lock persists until I close Pythonwin and using del arcpy doesn't help.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:04:13 GMT SarahSchwarzer2 2013-11-27T14:04:13Z How do you force a GP tool to release it's output https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-do-you-force-a-gp-tool-to-release-it-s-output/m-p/18037#M1417 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I can see that I get a file lock on the KMZ output file after using MapToKML_conversion while still in the script, or still in Pythonwin. (I can't rename it, delete it etc). 10.1 SP1.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>My workflow exports the map to a KMZ and then needs to upzip the file to extract the doc.kml inside.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>If I re-run the script without editing I trip up on this file lock.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>If I exit Pythonwin something cleans up the lock, so what could I do inside the script?</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I have tried a del arcpy without success. Some people have success by encapsulating the tool in a function.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Sometimes an arcpy.RefreshCatalog() works with featureclasses, but in this case it is a system file.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>A with... gpTool: would be nice!</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Maybe it is just another Annoyance.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 07:43:36 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-do-you-force-a-gp-tool-to-release-it-s-output/m-p/18037#M1417 KimOllivier 2013-04-03T07:43:36Z Re: How do you force a GP tool to release it's output https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-do-you-force-a-gp-tool-to-release-it-s-output/m-p/18038#M1418 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>A last ditch idea: subprocess the gp command? As the subprocess ends, so does the lock.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:37:19 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-do-you-force-a-gp-tool-to-release-it-s-output/m-p/18038#M1418 ChrisSnyder 2013-04-03T14:37:19Z Re: How do you force a GP tool to release it's output https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-do-you-force-a-gp-tool-to-release-it-s-output/m-p/18039#M1419 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Have you found a way to resolve this? I'm having a similar issue with a shapefile after using arcpy.ImportMetadata_conversion. The lock persists until I close Pythonwin and using del arcpy doesn't help.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Wed, 27 Nov 2013 14:04:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/python-questions/how-do-you-force-a-gp-tool-to-release-it-s-output/m-p/18039#M1419 SarahSchwarzer2 2013-11-27T14:04:13Z