How do I create a file in python without overwriting an existing file

Question

Currently I have a loop that tries to find an unused filename by adding suffixes to a filename string. Once it fails to find a file, it uses the name that failed to open a

Answer 1

If you have an id associated with each thread / process that tries to create the file, you could put that id in the suffix somewhere, thereby guaranteeing that no two processes can use the same file name.

This eliminates the race condition between the processes.