On Jul 10, 5:10 pm, Tim Chase <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: > > 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/dir > > > According 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. > > -tkc
This one took me a long time to find a solution for. Check this page, and see comment #3: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/193736/ I guess if the file is marked as "Read Only" or "Archive", or whatever, it cannot be deleted with shutil.rmtree() The key: win32api.SetFileAttributes(path, win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL) It will work! ~Sean -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list