 recursively removing files and directories
What is the most efficient way to recursively remove files and directories?
Currently, I'm using os.walk() to unlink any files present, then I call
os.walk() again with the topdown=False option and get rid of diretories
with rmdir. This works well, but it seems that there should be a more
efficient way. Here are my function definitions:
def remove_files(target_dir):
# This attempts to remove _all_ files from a directory.
# Use with caution on directories that store temporary files.
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(target_dir):
for f in files:
try:
# Make attributes normal so file can be deleted.
win32api.SetFileAttributes(os.path.join(root, f),
win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL)
except:
pass
try:
# Try to delete the file.
os.unlink(os.path.join(root, f))
except:
pass
def remove_dirs(target_dir):
# This attempts to remove _all_ sub directories from a directory.
# Use with caution on directories that store temporary information.
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(target_dir, topdown=False):
for d in dirs:
try:
# Make attributes normal so dir can be deleted.
win32api.SetFileAttributes(os.path.join(root, d),
win32con.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL)
except:
pass
try:
# Try to delete the directory.
os.rmdir(os.path.join(root, d))
except:
pass
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