Function delete

src/commoncode/fileutils.py:564–578

Delete a directory or file at `location` recursively. Similar to "rm -rf" in a shell or a combo of os.remove and shutil.rmtree. This function is design to never fails: instead it logs warnings if the file or directory was not deleted correctly.

(location, _err_handler=_rm_handler)

def delete(location, _err_handler=_rm_handler):
    """
    Delete a directory or file at `location` recursively. Similar to "rm -rf"
    in a shell or a combo of os.remove and shutil.rmtree.
    This function is design to never fails: instead it logs warnings if the
    file or directory was not deleted correctly.
    """
    if not location:
        return

    if os.path.exists(location) or filetype.is_broken_link(location):
        if filetype.is_dir(location):
            shutil.rmtree(location, False, _rm_handler)
        else:
            os.remove(location)