[issue25144] 3.5 Win install fails with "TARGETDIR"
Ivan Radic added the comment: I got this with 3.5.1 installer on Windows 7. I solved it by running installer with elevated privileges. Installer for 2.7.11 was not affected. -- nosy: +ivan.radic ___ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue25144> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue19642] shutil to support equivalent of: rm -f /dir/*
New submission from Ivan Radic: Shutil supports deleting of files and directories but it offers no way to delete directory content (without deleting directory itself). Shell programming includes a lot of rm -rf /dir and rm -f /dir/*, and there is no direct equivalent of these commands in Python. Educate me if I am wrong on this claim. Sure, I can write a quick for loop, and delete each subfile and subdirectory manually, but adding such ability to shutil would greatly enhance readability and simplicity of Python file handling scripts. Implementation could be as simply as : import os for root, dirs, files in os.walk(top, topdown=False): for name in files: os.remove(os.path.join(root, name)) for name in dirs: os.rmdir(os.path.join(root, name)) (example taken from http://docs.python.org/2/library/os.html#os.walk) -- components: IO messages: 203283 nosy: ivan.radic priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: shutil to support equivalent of: rm -f /dir/* type: enhancement versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.5 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue19642 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue19643] shutil rmtree fails on readonly files in Windows
New submission from Ivan Radic: shutil.rmtree works nice on Windows until it hits file with read only attribute set. Workaround is to provide a onerror parameter as a function that checks and removes file attribute before attempting to delete it. Can option to delete read_only files be integrated in shutil.rmtree? Example output in In Python 2.7: shutil.rmtree(C:\\2) Traceback (most recent call last): File pyshell#60, line 1, in module shutil.rmtree(C:\\2) File C:\Program Files (x86)\Python.2.7.3\lib\shutil.py, line 250, in rmtree onerror(os.remove, fullname, sys.exc_info()) File C:\Program Files (x86)\Python.2.7.3\lib\shutil.py, line 248, in rmtree os.remove(fullname) WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\2\\read_only_file.txt' Example output in In Python 3.3: shutil.rmtree(C:\\2) Traceback (most recent call last): File pyshell#1, line 1, in module shutil.rmtree(C:\\2) File C:\Program Files (x86)\Python.3.3.0\lib\shutil.py, line 460, in rmtree return _rmtree_unsafe(path, onerror) File C:\Program Files (x86)\Python.3.3.0\lib\shutil.py, line 367, in _rmtree_unsafe onerror(os.unlink, fullname, sys.exc_info()) File C:\Program Files (x86)\Python.3.3.0\lib\shutil.py, line 365, in _rmtree_unsafe os.unlink(fullname) PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\2\\read_only_file.txt' -- components: IO messages: 203285 nosy: ivan.radic priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: shutil rmtree fails on readonly files in Windows type: behavior versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.3 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue19643 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue19643] shutil rmtree fails on readonly files in Windows
Ivan Radic added the comment: You are essentially asking that we have an option to make the windows behavior mirror the posix behavior? (A read only file in a writable directory can be deleted in posix, since only the directory entry, not the file, is being deleted.) Actually, your explanation is perfect. I want to be able to remove some directory after I am done using it. When similar operation is done through file manager, dialog pops up asking for confirmation, I would like to have function parameter equivalent of yes to all dialog that file manager gives me. The thing is, anyone working with files is used to think in rm -rf kind of way, and on Windows read_only files break this workflow. I discovered this problem few days ago when I was working on custom backup script that needs to work both on Linux (at home) and Windows (at work). Currently, I need to have some extra *windows only* code just to be able to successfully remove a directory. Quick Google search discovered the workaround (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1889597/deleting-directory-in-python), so I am set, but the original question: Why oh why is this such a pain? and the comment: Maybe nobody has taken the five minutes to file a bug at bugs.python.org resonated in my head long enough to give it a try. For me it makes sense to have this option configurable. And it make a ton of sense to support one line equivalent of rm -rf. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue19643 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
