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Re: Deleting a file?

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"garyr" <garyr@fidalgo.net> writes:

> A file can be deleted by opening it with mode os.O_TEMPORARY and then 
> closing it.

Much simpler: ‘os.remove(path)’.

> How can a file be moved to the Recycle Bin, a la Windows?

That's not deleting it (as you probably know), so you might better
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Deleting a file? "garyr" <garyr@fidalgo.net> - 2011-05-16 14:23 -0700
  Re: Deleting a file? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-05-17 11:39 +1000
  Re: Deleting a file? Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2011-05-16 23:06 -0400
    Re: Deleting a file? "garyr" <garyr@fidalgo.net> - 2011-05-17 07:43 -0700

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