How to delete a file or folder?

Question

How do I delete a file or folder in Python?

Answer 1

Here is a robust function that uses both os.remove and shutil.rmtree:

def remove(path):
    """ param  could either be relative or absolute. """
    if os.path.isfile(path) or os.path.islink(path):
        os.remove(path)  # remove the file
    elif os.path.isdir(path):
        shutil.rmtree(path)  # remove dir and all contains
    else:
        raise ValueError("file {} is not a file or dir.".format(path))