This is an iterative method, although much slower than shutil.rmtree(),
which can be useful sometimes, while some stdout/in is added:
#!/usr/bin/python
#Filename: myrmtree.py
import os,sys,shutil
def rmtree(top):
uncleandir=[]
for (root,dirs,files) in os.walk(top,topdown=False):
for name in dirs+files:
item=os.path.join(root,name)
if item in uncleandir:
uncleandir.append(root)
continue
print 'Delete %s : (Yes or No or All or Cancel)' %(item,),
v=raw_input()
if v=='Y' or v=='y':
(os.path.isfile(item) and os.remove or os.rmdir)(item)
elif v=='N' or v=='n':
uncleandir.append(root)
continue
elif v=='A' or v=='a':
shutil.rmtree(top)
return 1
elif v=='C' or v=='c':
return 2
else:
print 'Take your input as No.'
continue
return 0
>>>from myrmtree import tree
>>>top='/home/juan/test' #Your dir need to be removed here
>>>rmtree(top)
Just try it and give suggestions and comments please, Hehe
Juan Shen
Jason Child wrote:
is this what you want to do?
import os
from os.path import join
# Delete everything reachable from the directory named in 'top'.
# CAUTION: This is dangerous! For example, if top == '/', it
# could delete all your disk files.
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(top, topdown=False):
for name in files:
os.remove(join(root, name))
for name in dirs:
os.rmdir(join(root, name))
I cant take credit for the code, as I found it when I was trying to
hack together a recirsive file remover script. It was in the help
files for the os module, under walk(). Go figure; when you try to do
things the "hard way" python keeps it simple!
Peace
Jason
Ertl, John wrote:
Jason,
I could...That is the exact feature I am trying to replicate, but I
would
just like to do it in Python if I can (in a simple way). I am
writing this
code in Python to avoid some funny scripting that I would need to do.
To go
back to combing shell and Python again would be a bit deflating...but
the
straight forward path might be the best.
Thanks,
John Ertl
-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Child [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 12:36
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Tutor] removedirs ?
Ertl, John wrote:
I am trying to remove a directory that has other directories and
files in
it. I thought removedirs was supposed to do a recursive remove of
files
and
directories.
When I try it I get
os.removedirs("DAF")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<pyshell#11>", line 1, in -toplevel-
os.removedirs("DAF")
File "/home/ertlj/ertljVersion/lib/python2.3/os.py", line 167, in
removedirs
rmdir(name)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists: 'DAF'
Thanks,
John Ertl
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it seems to me that if its on a *nix box you could use the shell command
rm -rf <target>
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