On Aug 15, 2:02 pm, "Chris Mellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/15/07, Kevin D.Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would like to move files and directories to the Recycle Bin on > > Windows from Python. I have found some older articles describing how > > to do this, but they require additional packages to be installed. I'm > > working on a plugin for an existing project and only have the standard > > library to work with. Is there a way to use the Recycle Bin using > > standard Python? > > > -- > > Kevin D. Smith > > Not easily. The recycle bin is part of the shell, and the shell api > calls have very complicated struct parameters that are cumbersome to > use correctly from ctypes. If you do the work to map the fileop > structs to ctypes you can call the shell API file operation functions > in shell32.dll. This assumes that "standard" for you is Python 2.5, > which has ctypes. Otherwise you are out of luck.
Technically, you can download ctypes for 2.3/2.4 as well or compile it for whatever version you want, I think. See here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=71702&package_id=71318 Besides, you can bypass ctypes and use SHFileOperation to do it, as is shown here: http://tgolden.sc.sabren.com/python/win32_how_do_i/copy-a-file.html Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
