Deleting empty folders.

[Padraig at Linux.ie]

keithk wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I want to write a short script that checks whether a set of windows
> folders is empty and then if they are , delete them, I am unable to find
> a module in python which checks whether a folder is empty, could someone
> please point me in the right direction,
> 
> thanks in advance,

How about:

import os
l=[]

def make_list(arg, dirn, arg):
     l.append(dirn)

os.path.walk("mydir", make_list, None)
l.reverse()

for dirn in l:
     try:
        rmdir()
     except:
        pass #probably not empty