Check the return code when saving a movie with files.

dopplershift · dopplershift · commit 60b641da1c62 · 2012-07-21T15:09:24.000-05:00
When using temporary files, we only run the movie creation process once,
rather than keeping an open pipe. As a result, we only get an error
here. Without this change, if the process fails, there is no error
message.
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/animation.py b/lib/matplotlib/animation.py
@@ -322,6 +322,13 @@ def finish(self):
         self._run()
         MovieWriter.finish(self) # Will call clean-up
 
+        # Check error code for creating file here, since we just run
+        # the process here, rather than having an open pipe.
+        if self._proc.returncode:
+            raise RuntimeError('Error creating movie, return code: '
+                    + str(self._proc.returncode)
+                    + ' Try running with --verbose-debug')
+
     def cleanup(self):
         MovieWriter.cleanup(self)
 
