Re: Why doesn't os.remove work on directories?

On 23/12/15 05:29, Random832 wrote: > > This is surprising to anyone accustomed to the POSIX C remove > function, which can remove either files or directories. Is there > any known rationale for this decision? > Hello, in POSIX C the remove() function is actually rmdir() when called on a

Re: Why doesn't os.remove work on directories?

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 10:29 PM, Random832 wrote: > > This is surprising to anyone accustomed to the POSIX C remove > function, which can remove either files or directories. Is there > any known rationale for this decision? Guido added os.remove as a synonym for

Why doesn't os.remove work on directories?

This is surprising to anyone accustomed to the POSIX C remove function, which can remove either files or directories. Is there any known rationale for this decision? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Why doesn't os.remove work on directories?

Random832 writes: > This is surprising to anyone accustomed to the POSIX C remove > function, which can remove either files or directories. Is there > any known rationale for this decision? No, I don't know a rationale for implementing it this way. I expect the