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From: Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
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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
change the subject field for the thread.

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