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Re: Why doesn't os.remove work on directories?

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On 23/12/15 05:29, Random832 wrote:
> 
> This is surprising to anyone accustomed to the POSIX C remove
> function, which can remove either files or directories.  Is there
> any known rationale for this decision?
> 

Hello, in POSIX C the remove() function is actually rmdir() when called
on a directory: http://bit.ly/1NE1rfZ

I'm not sure about the rationale behind raising OSError if the argument
is a directory though. Maybe the "There should be one-- and preferably
only one --obvious way to do it." philosophy explains it. :-)

Lau

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Why doesn't os.remove work on directories? Random832 <random832@fastmail.com> - 2015-12-22 23:29 -0500
  Re: Why doesn't os.remove work on directories? Laurent Delacroix <laurent@krutt.org> - 2015-12-24 13:58 +0100

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