[New-bugs-announce] [issue38499] Add rmtree() to pathlib.Path

[Alori]

New submission from Alori <valorien at gmail.com>:

pathlib.Path supports deletion of both files (Path.unlink()) and directories (Path.rmdir()).

Unfortunately, Path.rmdir() does not allow deletion of non-empty directories which means users must use shutil.rmtree() when deleting such paths.

Since pathlib.Path already supports file and (empty) directory deletion, adding Path.rmtree(missing_ok=False) would support both the utility and the completeness of pathlib.

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 354799
nosy: valorien
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add rmtree() to pathlib.Path
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.8

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