shutil.rmtree(filename) File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/shutil.py", line 178, in rmtree onerror(os.rmdir, path, sys.exc_info()) File "/usr/lib64/python2.5/shutil.py", line 176, in rmtree os.rmdir(path) OSError: [Errno 39] Directory not empty: /path/to/my/dirAccording to the documentation, shutil.rmtree should not care about directory being not empty.
This sounds suspiciously like a permission issue. rmtree() *should* walk the tree removing items *if it can*. If a file can't be deleted, it treats it as an error. rmtree() takes parameters for ignore_errors and an onerror callback function, so you can catch these error conditions.
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