How to delete file?

[Emile van Sebille]

"Ken" <ken at hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:add9ai$107clv$1 at ID-49758.news.dfncis.de...
> How do you delete file?
>

import os
os.unlink(path)
os.remove(path)

> If you write to file from beginning position of an existing file, do
you
> overwrite the existing data or insert from it?
>


--or-- to overwrite a file (or create if not already there) just open
it:

>>> print open.__doc__
open(filename[, mode[, buffering]]) -> file object

Open a file.  The mode can be 'r', 'w' or 'a' for reading (default),
writing or appending.  The file will be created if it doesn't exist
when opened for writing or appending; it will be truncated when
opened for writing.  Add a 'b' to the mode for binary files.
Add a '+' to the mode to allow simultaneous reading and writing.
If the buffering argument is given, 0 means unbuffered, 1 means line
buffered, and larger numbers specify the buffer size.



HTH,

--

Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com

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