Access denied from "shutil.rmtree('dir_path')", despite emptying dir_path's contents

Asked Sep 08 '22 at 16:02

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The function "shutil.rmtree('dir_path') " does remove the content of the folder, however, it also throw the exception as follow "[WinError 5] Access is denied: 'dir_path'"

from shutil import rmtree
my_folder = 'aaa/bbb/'
try:
    rmtree(my_folder)
except Exception as err:
    print (err)

edited Sep 08 '22 at 17:02

Charles Duffy

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asked Sep 08 '22 at 16:02

eltal

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`rmtree` also tries to remove the top-level `bbb` directory itself. If you don't have permission to do that, it will get an error. – Barmar Sep 08 '22 at 17:00
how do i overcome this issue? – eltal Sep 08 '22 at 17:33

Access denied from "shutil.rmtree('dir_path')", despite emptying dir_path's contents

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