Force Overwrite in Os.Rename

Question

Is it possible to force a rename os.rename to overwrite another file if it already exists? For example in the code below if the file Tests.csv already exists it would be re

Answer 1

From the Standard Library documentation, “On Windows, if dst already exists, OSError will be raised even if it is a file; there may be no way to implement an atomic rename when dst names an existing file.”

http://docs.python.org/library/os.html#os.rename

So the only solution, unfortunately, would be to change operating systems; Windows simply disallows a rename() atop an existing file.