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os.rmdir

os — directories

Remove an empty directory; a non-empty one raises OSError — shutil.rmtree removes a tree.

Syntax

os.rmdir(path)

It removes only an empty directory: anything inside gives OSError. A whole tree needs shutil.rmtree — and that deserves more caution than rmdir, since it deletes without asking. On Windows a directory that is another process's current directory cannot be removed.

Examples

import os
os.mkdir('empty_dir')
os.rmdir('empty_dir')
print(os.path.exists('empty_dir'))   # → False
os.makedirs('a/b/c', exist_ok=True)
os.rmdir('a/b/c')  # → удаляет только пустую c
print(os.path.isdir('a/b'))  # → True

See also

Common errors

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