os.rmdir() - os

             
The method rmdir() removes the directory path. It works only when the directory is empty, else OSError is raised.


path -- This is the path of the directory, which needs to be removed.

Syntax

os.rmdir(path)

Example

# !/usr/bin/python

import os, sys

# listing directories
print "the dir is: %s" %os.listdir(os.getcwd())

# removing path
os.rmdir("mydir")

# listing directories after removing directory path
print "the dir is:" %os.listdir(os.getcwd())

Output / Return Value

The error is coming as 'mydir' directory is not empty.
If 'mydir' is an empty directory, then this would produce following result:


the dir is: 
[  'a1.txt','resume.doc','a3.py','mydir','Administrator','amrood.admin' ]
os.rmdir("mydir")
OSError: [Errno 90] Directory not empty: 'mydir'

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