CODEWITHSUNDEEP
pythonglob
user11015000
user11015000

Reputation: 159

permission error when trying to use os.remove

I have some code that if a certain folder exists, I want to remove it, and if the folder does not exist, I want to create that folder.

Below is my code:

import os
def build_file_structure(): 
    if os.path.exists('new data'):
        os.remove('new data')
    else: 
        os.mkdir('new data')
    source_dir = ''
    dst = 'new data'
    return source_dir, dst 

if __name__ == "__main__": 
    source_dir, dst = build_file_structure()

The code works fine when there is no folder "newdata", but when the "newdata" folder exists prior to running I receive this error:

os.remove('new data')
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'new data'

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5706

Answers (2)

Alec
Alec

Reputation: 9575

Use os.rmdir (remove directory) in order to remove folders.

os.rmdir('new data')

Upvotes: 1

Swadhikar
Swadhikar

Reputation: 2210

You could try using any one of the below

Using shell util library

import shutil
shutil.rmtree(dir_path)

Traditional os module

os.rmdir(dir_path)

Upvotes: 3

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