Fixed django#9084 - Best approach for an OS to atomically rename the session file.

Author: joeribekker

django/contrib/sessions/backends/file.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import datetime
 import errno
 import os
+import shutil
 import tempfile
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -147,7 +148,11 @@ def save(self, must_create=False):
  os.write(output_file_fd, self.encode(session_data).encode())
  finally:
  os.close(output_file_fd)
- os.rename(output_file_name, session_file_name)
+
+ # This will atomically rename the file (os.rename) if the OS
+ # supports it. Otherwise this will result in a shutil.copy2
+ # and os.unlink (for example on Windows). See #9084.
+ shutil.move(output_file_name, session_file_name)
  renamed = True
  finally:
  if not renamed: