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Recipe 193736 revision 1 

""" removeall.py:

   Clean up a directory tree from root.
   The directory need not be empty.
   The starting directory is not deleted.
   Written by: Anand B Pillai <abpillai@lycos.com> """

import sys, os

ERROR_STR= """Error removing %(path)s, %(error)s """

def rmgeneric(path, __func__):

    try:
        __func__(path)
        print 'Removed ', path
    except OSError, (errno, strerror):
        print ERROR_STR % {'path' : path, 'error': strerror }
            
def removeall(path):

    if not os.path.isdir(path):
        return
    
    files=os.listdir(path)

    for x in files:
        fullpath=os.path.join(path, x)
        if os.path.isfile(fullpath):
            f=os.remove
            rmgeneric(fullpath, f)
        elif os.path.isdir(fullpath):
            removeall(fullpath)
            f=os.rmdir
            rmgeneric(fullpath, f)

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