[issue12661] Add a new shutil.cleartree function to shutil module

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[issue12661] Add a new shutil.cleartree function to shutil module

Leonid Vasilev added the comment: yup, it's really to specific. -- resolution: -> invalid status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___

[issue12661] Add a new shutil.cleartree function to shutil module

Senthil Kumaran added the comment: Hello Leonid, I think the best way forward would be post it as a recipe in active state cookbook if you have not already and see the adoption. If there is enough, then it can be added to shutil module. AFAIK, a couple of shutil features have gained entry in

[issue12661] Add a new shutil.cleartree function to shutil module

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: I also think it sounds too specialized. -- nosy: +pitrou ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-lis

[issue12661] Add a new shutil.cleartree function to shutil module

Éric Araujo added the comment: It looks like this new function would just replace a loop using os.walk and fnmatch. Is it really needed? -- nosy: +eric.araujo ___ Python tracker _

[issue12661] Add a new shutil.cleartree function to shutil module

Leonid Vasilev added the comment: Added file with sample usage (extracted from real application). the main purpose of shutil.cleartree() is to remove unnecessary files from tree, where patterns of ignored or deleted files are computed dynamically. Yes I agree, that it might be done by shell ex

[issue12661] Add a new shutil.cleartree function to shutil module

Changes by Senthil Kumaran : -- title: [new function] shutil.cleartree -> Add a new shutil.cleartree function to shutil module ___ Python tracker ___ ___