Deleting files with python scripts

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Deleting files with python scripts

I want to delete some files using python scripts (when using windows). I've tried the following code:

>>>import os
>>> os.remove ('D:\new.docx')

but I am getting the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in -toplevel-

    os.remove ('D:\new.docx')
OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: 'D:\new.docx'

Can anyone here help me with this?

THANKS.

Gilani

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Gillani Sep 16 '09 at 10:11

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2 answers

\

is an escape char for python. try replacing it with \\

.

Example:

os.remove ('D:\\new.docx')

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Alterlife Sep 16 '09 at 10:13

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gimel · Accepted Answer · 2009-09-16T10:27:02+0000

Several variants:

Escape backslash

:

>>> os.remove('D:\\new.docx')

The Windows Runtime Library accepts forward slash

as delimiter:

>>> os.remove('D:/new.docx')

Raw string :

>>> os.remove(r'D:\new.docx')

Deleting files with python scripts

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