Re: [Tutor] removedirs ?
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 ___ Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor it seems to me that if its on a *nix box you could use the shell command rm -rf target ___ Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] removedirs ?
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 ___ Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor it seems to me that if its on a *nix box you could use the shell command rm -rf target ___ Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
RE: [Tutor] removedirs ?
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 ___ Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor it seems to me that if its on a *nix box you could use the shell command rm -rf target ___ Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] removedirs ?
You misunderstand what removedirs does. It removes an empty directory; then, if the removed directory's parent is now empty, it removes that, too, and so on until it finds a directory with something in it or gets up to the root. Try shutil.rmtree() or this recipe: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.2/PyWin32/Recursive_directory_deletes_and_special_files.html Kent 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 ___ Tutor maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
