Tim Golden wrote: > [rtilley] > > >>Below is a script that recursively deletes files from a directory. It >>works well on the two directories that I'm currently using it on: > > >>C:\Documents and Settings\user\Cookies >>C:\Documents and Settings\user\Temp > > >>However, I'd like to use it on this directory as well: > > >>C:\Documents and Settings\user\Temporary Internet Files > > >>The script does not seem to work when used on Temporary Internet > > Files. > >>I've googled around a bit, but haven't found any tips... thought I'd >>trouble the list for an answer or at least some explanations. > > >>Feel free to critiqe the script as well. Perhaps it's a programmer > > error. > > Temporary Internet Files is one of those special shell folders > and, I suspect, isn't really a folder at all in the normal sense: > it just presents itself as one to the O/S. (Might be wrong there). > Probably means you have to use shell functions to access it. > Quick trial with SHFileOperation works up to a point, but ultimately > fails with a file-in-use error. > > This article: > > http://www.codeguru.com/Cpp/I-N/ieprogram/article.php/c1245/ > > uses a very different technique. The APIs in question aren't > wrapped in pywin32. You could probably get at them via ctypes. > Don't have time to try it myself at the moment. > > TJG > > PS Probably doesn't matter at the mo, but for general purpose > use, those folders aren't always where your script hardwires > them to be. You might need to look at the shell functions > around SHGetPathFromIDList and SHGetSpecialFolderLocation. > Tim
Thanks a lot Tim. I hadn't been using the win32 extensions... guess I'll have to now. How I love Windows ;) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
