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Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 23:06:44 -0400
Subject: Re: Deleting a file?
From: Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com>
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On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:23 PM, garyr <garyr@fidalgo.net> wrote:
> A file can be deleted by opening it with mode os.O_TEMPORARY and then
> closing it. How can a file be moved to the Recycle Bin, a la Windows?

I see a send2trash module (http://hg.hardcoded.net/send2trash and
http://www.hardcoded.net/articles/send-files-to-trash-on-all-platforms.htm)

The source code looks pretty straightforward, but I don't think
there's anything in the standard library that does that.

-- 
Jerry