""" 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 """ 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)