shutil.rmtree()

shutil.rmtree(path, ignore_errors=False, onerror=None)   #递归地删除文件

def rmtree(path, ignore_errors=False, onerror=None):
    """Recursively delete a directory tree.

    If ignore_errors is set, errors are ignored; otherwise, if onerror
    is set, it is called to handle the error with arguments (func,
    path, exc_info) where func is platform and implementation dependent;
    path is the argument to that function that caused it to fail; and
    exc_info is a tuple returned by sys.exc_info().  If ignore_errors
    is false and onerror is None, an exception is raised.

    """
    if ignore_errors:
        def onerror(*args):
            pass
    elif onerror is None:
        def onerror(*args):
            raise
    if _use_fd_functions:
        # While the unsafe rmtree works fine on bytes, the fd based does not.
        if isinstance(path, bytes):
            path = os.fsdecode(path)
        # Note: To guard against symlink races, we use the standard
        # lstat()/open()/fstat() trick.
        try:
            orig_st = os.lstat(path)
        except Exception:
            onerror(os.lstat, path, sys.exc_info())
            return
        try:
            fd = os.open(path, os.O_RDONLY)
        except Exception:
            onerror(os.lstat, path, sys.exc_info())
            return
        try:
            if os.path.samestat(orig_st, os.fstat(fd)):
                _rmtree_safe_fd(fd, path, onerror)
                try:
                    os.rmdir(path)
                except OSError:
                    onerror(os.rmdir, path, sys.exc_info())
            else:
                try:
                    # symlinks to directories are forbidden, see bug #1669
                    raise OSError("Cannot call rmtree on a symbolic link")
                except OSError:
                    onerror(os.path.islink, path, sys.exc_info())
        finally:
            os.close(fd)
    else:
        return _rmtree_unsafe(path, onerror)

# Allow introspection of whether or not the hardening against symlink
# attacks is supported on the current platform
rmtree.avoids_symlink_attacks = _use_fd_functions

shutil 其他模块

shutil.copyfile( src, dst) #从源src复制到dst中去。 如果当前的dst已存在的话就会被覆盖掉
shutil.move( src, dst) #移动文件或重命名
shutil.copymode( src, dst) #只是会复制其权限其他的东西是不会被复制的
shutil.copystat( src, dst) #复制权限、最后访问时间、最后修改时间
shutil.copy( src, dst) #复制一个文件到一个文件或一个目录
shutil.copy2( src, dst) #在copy上的基础上再复制文件最后访问时间与修改时间也复制过来了，类似于cp –p的东西
shutil.copy2( src, dst) #如果两个位置的文件系统是一样的话相当于是rename操作，只是改名；如果是不在相同的文件系统的话就是做move操作
shutil.copytree( olddir, newdir, True/Flase) #把olddir拷贝一份newdir，如果第3个参数是True，则复制目录时将保持文件夹下的符号连接，如果第3个参数是False，则将在复制的目录下生成物理副本来替代符号连接