From d4716c4f400ee9a3b927f016a5be0e8da7521ca4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alan O'Callaghan <alan.ocallaghan@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 17:44:03 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Windows bodge

---
 qubalab/images/qupath_server.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/qubalab/images/qupath_server.py b/qubalab/images/qupath_server.py
index af91112..83a440a 100644
--- a/qubalab/images/qupath_server.py
+++ b/qubalab/images/qupath_server.py
@@ -95,8 +95,10 @@ def _read_block(self, level: int, region: Region2D) -> np.ndarray:
 
             self._gateway.entry_point.writeImageRegion(self._qupath_server, request, temp_path)
             image = bytes_to_image(temp_path, self.metadata.is_rgb, ImageShape(region.width, region.height, c=self.metadata.n_channels))
-
-            os.remove(temp_path)
+            ## on Windows, this fails because the file handle is open elsewhere
+            ## slightly bad manners to pollute tempfiles but should be insignificant
+            if not os.name == "nt":
+                os.remove(temp_path)
         else:
             format = 'png' if self.metadata.is_rgb else "imagej tiff"