recursively removing files and directories

[bahoo]

Hi,

I found a message on Jan 16, 2006 regarding the same topic, except
that I wanted to remove only certain files that satisfy the format
"ABC_XXX_XXX.dat", but not the other files. Once the files are
removed, if a folder becomes empty, I want to remove the folder as
well.

The solution to the Jan 16 2006 message required many lines of python
code. I was wondering if there is a simpler solution to my problem at
hand, perhaps by using more specialized functions?

Thanks!
bahoo

[Eli Criffield]

On Apr 9, 1:44 pm, "bahoo" <[e-mail]:

Hi,

I found a message on Jan 16, 2006 regarding the same topic, except
that I wanted to remove only certain files that satisfy the format
"ABC_XXX_XXX.dat", but not the other files. Once the files are
removed, if a folder becomes empty, I want to remove the folder as
well.

The solution to the Jan 16 2006 message required many lines of python
code. I was wondering if there is a simpler solution to my problem at
hand, perhaps by using more specialized functions?

Thanks!
bahoo

Something like

import os
import re

def processFiles(args,dir,fileList):
for thisFile in fileList:
if re.match(r'REGEXPATTERN',thisFile):
os.unlink("%s%s"dir,thisFile)

os.path.walk("/",processFiles,None)

But thats just off the top of my head, so that mite not be exact.

Eli Criffield

[Eli Criffield]

Forgot the rmdir

import os
import re

def processFiles(args,dir,fileList):
for thisFile in fileList:
if re.match(r'REGEXPATTERN',thisFile):
os.unlink("%s%s"dir,thisFile)
os.rmdir(dir)

os.path.walk("/",processFiles,None)

Eli Criffield