Does this code have anything to do with your
other recent post about a broken pipe error? Since this code here deals with files and not sockets, and since the other code does not call this (or vice versa), it's hard to see any connection. If this code is somehow related to the other post, please post it there, and explain how the code is related. If this is unrelated, then please provide a stack trace that shows more info about the exception being thrown by this code.