Python - Deleting sub-folder (Delete only sub-folder and not the other files)

Asked Oct 23 '18 at 07:58

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I have a folder that contains a sub-folder and set of text files. I am trying to delete the sub-folder using the below code

Path = '/Desktop/foldername/'
folder = 'Path/'
for the_file in os.listdir(folder):
    file_path = os.path.join(folder, the_file)
    try:
        if os.path.isfile(file_path):
            os.unlink(file_path)
        elif os.path.isdir(file_path): shutil.rmtree(file_path)
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)

I keep getting an error folder does not exist. Could anyone advice as to where am I going wrong. Thanks.

asked Oct 23 '18 at 07:58

Kevin Nash

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Wild guess, do you have `Desktop` in your root file system? Because if you're looking for `~/Desktop` that's some where else. – Torxed Oct 23 '18 at 08:00
@Torxed, the path is right. – Kevin Nash Oct 23 '18 at 08:01
But you get an error saying it isn't? That's suspicious. Can you do a `ls -l /` for me? – Torxed Oct 23 '18 at 08:03
If you don't want other files to be deleted then you simply shouldn't do `os.unlink(file_path)`. – blhsing Oct 23 '18 at 08:03
Your `Path` variable isn't used at all. Did you mean to use it to initialize the `folder` variable? – blhsing Oct 23 '18 at 08:06
@blhsing, yes am I doing it wrong – Kevin Nash Oct 23 '18 at 08:07

Python - Deleting sub-folder (Delete only sub-folder and not the other files)

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