> I need to delete a directory and its sub directories. However all
> dir's, sub
> dir;s and files have read only access. How do i do this efficeintly
> using
> the os.walk command.
You can'ty since the reasoin the files are read-only is to prevent
them
being over-written or deleted! You need t
Thanks guys,Error handling seems to be a nice idea to approach this problem. i checked Kent's code and it works fine.I was using a more crude method.def removeDir(dirName) : #Remove any read-only permissions on file.
removePermissions(dirName) for name in os.listdir(dirName): file
John Corry wrote:
>
> Amresh,
>
> I had this problem a few months back. I approached it backwards. Maybe
> not the right way to do it. I removed all the files and directories and
> then had my exception handle the file if it was read only. The
> exception handler changes the file from re
Amresh,
I had this problem a few months back. I
approached it backwards. Maybe not the right way to do it. I removed
all the files and directories and then had my exception handle the file if
it was read only. The exception handler changes the file from
read-only to not read only and
You must change the directory and file permissions before attempting to remove
them;
even if you are using a python script.
Take a look at os.chmod()
-mtw
On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 10:26:34AM -0500, Amresh Kulkarni ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to delete a directory and its sub di
Amresh Kulkarni wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I need to delete a directory and its sub directories. However all dir's,
> sub dir;s and files have read only access. How do i do this efficeintly
> using the os.walk command.
> I cannot run this command on the dir as it gives me an error due to the
> read only
Hi,I need to delete a directory and its sub directories. However all dir's, sub dir;s and files have read only access. How do i do this efficeintly using the os.walk command. I cannot run this command on the dir as it gives me an error due to the read only attribute. Is there any other way to do th
