[Tutor] Delete directories recursively

[John Corry]

Amresh,

I had this problem a few months back.  I approached it backwards.  Maybe not
the right way to do it.  I removed all the files and directories and then
had my exception handle the file if it was read only.  The exception
handler changes the file from read-only to not read only and then calls the
function again.

Is there a better way to do it?  Would appreciate feedback on the code
below.

import shutil
import os

def zaps(self):

        try:
            shutil.rmtree('f:/m2m')


        except OSError, inst:
            print OSError
            os.chmod(inst.filename, 0666)
            self.zaps()

Regards,

John.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: tutor-bounces at python.org [mailto:tutor-bounces at python.org]On Behalf
Of Amresh Kulkarni
  Sent: 16 June 2006 16:27
  To: tutor at python.org
  Subject: [Tutor] Delete directories recursively


  Hi,

  I need to delete a directory and its sub directories. However all dir's,
sub dir;s and files have read only access. How do i do this efficeintly
using the os.walk command.
  I cannot run this command on the dir as it gives me an error due to the
read only attribute. Is there any other way to do this?

  --
  ~~AMRESH~~
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