Python methods for creating and deleting directories

The examples in this article describe how Python creates and deletes directories. Share to everyone for your reference. The specific analysis is as follows:

The following code creates a directory and then invokes the custom Deletedir function to delete the entire directory

#--------------------------------------# name:create_directory.py# Author:kevin harris# last modified:02/13/04  # description:this Python Script demonstrates# How to create a single# new directory as well as delete a directory# and everything # it contains. The script would fail # if Encountewrs a read-only# file#--------------------------------------import os#-- ------------------------------------# Name:deletedir () # Desc:deletes a directory and its content recursively.#-------- ------------------------------def deletedir (dir): for name in Os.listdir (dir): File = dir + "/" + name if not O    S.path.isfile (file) and Os.path.isdir (file): Deletedir (file) # It's another directory-recurse in to it ... Else:os.remove (file) # It's a file-remove it ... os.rmdir (dir) #--------------------------------------# Script Entry point...#--------------------------------------# Creating A new directory is easy ...Os.mkdir ("Test_dir") # Pause for a moment so we can actually see the directory get Created.input (' A directory called ' Te S_dir "was created.\n\npress Enter to delete it. ') # Deleting It can be a little harder since it could contain files, so we'll need # to write a function to help us out HERE.D Eletedir ("Test_dir");

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