This small program lets a user delete a directory on their Windows system. Also good for learning from.
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Copy to clipboard1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 | import os
from os import path
from os.path import isdir
from os.path import getsize
import shutil
from shutil import rmtree
a = raw_input("Input the directory you want to delete(Remember to give full path ex. C:\): ")
b = os.path.getsize(a)
if b == 0:
shutil.rmtree(a)
c = isdir(a)
if c == False:
print 'Your directory has been deleted.'
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You might want to use this to delete any directory on a Windows system. Not really as useful as cool to use and learn from. Works better on directories than files.
If you want to semi-securing delete a directory or file, you might want to check recipe 577670 for a more in-depth approach to the topic.
Another side note is that this is better for Windows systems
So I am fairly new to Python and I am wondering if the import statements belows are necessary, since you already have the main import statement in line #1
from os import pathfrom os.path import isdir
from os.path import getsize