From 57b8cd59bdf8cb5262ec12f8cdf48a7b9a5a4346 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: roland <roland@catalogix.se>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2024 16:25:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Something that might work.

---
 src/idpyoidc/storage/listfile.py     | 11 ++++-------
 tests/test_14_read_only_list_file.py |  2 ++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/idpyoidc/storage/listfile.py b/src/idpyoidc/storage/listfile.py
index 859f4858..2c390350 100644
--- a/src/idpyoidc/storage/listfile.py
+++ b/src/idpyoidc/storage/listfile.py
@@ -40,17 +40,14 @@ def get_mtime(fname):
         :param fname: File name
         :return: The last time the file was modified.
         """
+        p = Path(fname)
         try:
-            target = Path(fname)
-            mtime = target.stat().st_mtime
-            # mtime = os.stat(fname).st_mtime_ns
+            mtime = p.stat().st_mtime
         except OSError:
-            # The file might be right in the middle of being written to
+            # The file might be right in the middle of being created
             # so sleep
             time.sleep(1)
-            target = Path(fname)
-            mtime = target.stat().st_mtime
-            # mtime = os.stat(fname).st_mtime_ns
+            mtime = p.stat().st_mtime
 
         return mtime
 
diff --git a/tests/test_14_read_only_list_file.py b/tests/test_14_read_only_list_file.py
index d81d9e37..3eda4e1c 100644
--- a/tests/test_14_read_only_list_file.py
+++ b/tests/test_14_read_only_list_file.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+from time import sleep
 
 from idpyoidc.storage.listfile import ReadOnlyListFile
 
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ def test_read_only_list_file():
         for line in ["one", "two", "three"]:
             fp.write(line + '\n')
 
+    sleep(1)
     assert len(_read_only) == 3
     assert set(_read_only) == {"one", "two", "three"}
     assert _read_only[-1] == "three"
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