Move files/directories to Recycle Bin using standard Python libs

[Thomas Heller]

kyosohma at gmail.com schrieb:
> On Aug 15, 11:39 am, Kevin D. Smith <Kevin.Sm... at sas.com> wrote:
>> I would like to move files and directories to the Recycle Bin on
>> Windows from Python.  I have found some older articles describing how
>> to do this, but they require additional packages to be installed.  I'm
>> working on a plugin for an existing project and only have the standard
>> library to work with.  Is there a way to use the Recycle Bin using
>> standard Python?
>>
>> --
>> Kevin D. Smith
> 
> Sounds like a Windows only thing to me, so you'll probably have to use
> the win32 package regardless. See the following links:
> 
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2004-October/287638.html
> http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/win32_how_do_i/copy-a-file.html

Or access the win32 api directly with ctypes (included in Python 2.5).

Thomas