os.unlink() - os

             
The method unlink() removes (deletes) the file path.If the path is a directory, OSError is raised.


path -- This is the path, which is to be removed.

Syntax

os.unlink(path)

Example

# !/usr/bin/python

import os, sys

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

os.unlink("aa.txt")

# listing directories after removing path
print "The dir after removal of path : %s" %os.listdir(os.getcwd())

Output / Return Value

When we run above program, it produces following result:


The dir is:
 [ 'a1.txt','aa.txt','resume.doc','a3.py','tutorialsdir','amrood.admin' ]
The dir after removal of path : 
[ 'a1.txt','resume.doc','a3.py','tutorialsdir','amrood.admin' ]

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