Deleting Directories

[Laura McCord]

Yes, I just found out about shutil() which was the key element that I
needed. I just didn't see it in the library reference.

Thanks,
 Laura

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Laura McCord wrote:
> This is probably a very basic question but I started learning python. 
> I am almost done writing my delete directory script but I am at a 
> stand still right now. I want to delete folders in my 
> "/var/www/html/da" directory that are over 1 day old.
> 
> But, when I find the folder a simple rmdir() command does not work 
> because the directory is not empty. What else do I need to do to 
> delete a directory that contains content?

Assuming you already figured out how to check the directories' 
timestamps, shutil.rmtree() will do what you want.
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