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#      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 will fail 
#         if encountewrs a read-only
#         file
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import os
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# Name: deleteDir()
# Desc: Deletes a directory and its content recursively.
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def deleteDir( dir ):
  for name in os.listdir( dir ):
    file = dir + "/" + name
    if not os.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 )
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# Script entry point...
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# 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 "tes_dir" was created.\n\nPress Enter to delete it.' )
# Deleting it can be a little harder since it may contain files, so we'll need 
# to write a function to help us out here.
deleteDir( "test_dir" );