--- handlers.py 2014-06-12 18:06:24.000000000 -0700 +++ handlers_old.py 2014-06-12 18:03:37.000000000 -0700 @@ -421,11 +421,8 @@ if not sres or sres[ST_DEV] != self.dev or sres[ST_INO] != self.ino: if self.stream is not None: # we have an open file handle, clean it up - try: - self.stream.flush() - self.stream.close() - except (ValueError, IOError): - pass + self.stream.flush() + self.stream.close() # open a new file handle and get new stat info from that fd self.stream = self._open() self._statstream()