os.remove - Function

remove files, directories, or symlinks

Synopsis
remove(pathname, recursive, mustexist, follow)

Description
Remove one or more files, directories (optionally recursively), or symbolic links.
If the source is a directory, it will be by default be removed recursively. If recursive=F only the directory will be removed. In that case it results in an error if it is not empty.

By default a source symbolic link is followed. In that case not only the symbolic link is removed, but also the file or directory it links to.

By default an error is given if the target to be deleted does not exist. This can be prevented by giving mustexist=F.

Example
This command removes an entire MeasurementSet.

  dos.remove ('~/aips++/test/hol.ms');

Arguments

pathname	in	path names
		Allowed:	vector of strings
recursive	in	remove directories recursively?
		Allowed:	bool
		Default:	T
mustexist	in	does the file need to exist?
		Allowed:	bool
		Default:	T
follow	in	follow symlink?
		Allowed:	bool
		Default:	T

Returns
T or fail

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	Package	utility
	Module	misc
	Tool	os