Deleting files in folder with python

Question

I have one folder with one geodatabase and two other files (txt). I used zip and zipped them. So now in this folder i have gdb, txt,txt, and new zip file. Now I need to delete those files that were zipped, so that will be only zip file in the folder. I wrote the following code:

def remove_files(): for l in os.listdir(DestPath): if l.find('zipped.zip') > -1: pass else: print ('Deleting ' + l) os.remove(l)

But got:

Error Info: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified: 'geogeo.gdb'

Can anyone help me?

Instead of that l.find('zipped.zip') > -1 you can simply use 'zipped.zip' in l — ThiefMaster
– ThiefMaster, Commented May 14, 2012 at 9:36

unutbu · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-14 09:38:46Z

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os.listdir only returns filenames, not complete paths. os.remove uses the current working directory if only a filename is given. If the current working directory is different than DestPath, then you need to supply the full path:

os.remove(os.path.join(DestPath,l))

edited May 14, 2012 at 9:38

answered May 14, 2012 at 9:35

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unutbu Over a year ago

@TimPietzcker: True; it will remove anything without zipped.zip anywhere in its filename.

Tim Pietzcker Over a year ago

Ah, I thought your solution was supposed to replace the entire code snippet by Z77, not just the os.remove() line. My bad.

Z77 Over a year ago

Now I got another error: Error Info: [Error 5] Access is denied: 'C:/path\\geogeo.gdb'

Z77 Over a year ago

There is a problem because gdb is considered is subfolder? Because I can delete all other files in main folder, just not gdb.

Z77 Over a year ago

def remove_files(): for l in os.listdir(DestPath): if 'zipped.zip' in l: pass elif '.gdb.' in l: rmtree(os.path.join(DestPath,l)) else: print ('Deleting ' + l) os.remove(os.path.join(DestPath,l)) I tried this delete also file.gdb as a folder..But still have problem with [error 5] Acesss is denied. I really do not know what to do :(((

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