regarding system function

[Robert Kern]

praba kar wrote:

> I agree above statement but When I delete a directory
> os.system('rm -rf test')
> 0
> if directory is not present then I again try to
> delete
> os.system('rm -rf test') 
> now this time also It will print
> 0

As Roman Neuhauser says, this is the correct behavior of the -f switch 
for rm.

In [4]:os.system('rm -r foo')
rm: foo: No such file or directory
Out[4]:256

In [5]:os.system('rm -rf foo')
Out[5]:0

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