From 618103fb05d31f9778ec08af15ba315bf026c92f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: George McCabe <23407799+georgemccabe@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2023 14:24:13 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] per #2245, add METplusConfig class function that is called
 when object is deleted to close log handlers. This prevents OSError: [Errno
 24] Too many open files from running all pytests

---
 metplus/util/config_metplus.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/metplus/util/config_metplus.py b/metplus/util/config_metplus.py
index f600bcfc8b..b6ab999a79 100644
--- a/metplus/util/config_metplus.py
+++ b/metplus/util/config_metplus.py
@@ -462,6 +462,12 @@ def __init__(self, conf=None):
         # add section to hold environment variables defined by the user
         self.add_section('user_env_vars')
 
+    def __del__(self):
+        handlers = self.logger.handlers[:]
+        for handler in handlers:
+            self.logger.removeHandler(handler)
+            handler.close()
+
     def log(self, sublog=None):
         """! Overrides method in ProdConfig
         If the sublog argument is