Hi Jean.
> Karen,
>
> is shutil.rmtree() a lot faster than an rm -rf? Just curious for
> future reference.
rmtree() will be more streamlined. os.system("rm -rf *") will have to
create a shell then execute the rm command from within, whereas
shutil.rmtree() may just execute system calls directly from C code.
It's a leaner, meaner deleting machiner. :)
Also, I can probably get rid of my special . and .. processing,
condensing several lines of python code down to one. This improves
readability and makes for better code.
I forgot about shutil.rmtree in my implementation, so I'm planning on
changing my code to use it.
Thanks,
Jack
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