PYTHON

python remove empty folders

import os
def drop_empty_folders(directory):
    """Verify that every empty folder removed in local storage."""

    for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(directory, topdown=False):
        if not dirnames and not filenames:
            os.rmdir(dirpath)

python remove directory not empty

import shutil

shutil.rmtree('/folder_name')
shutil.rmtree('/folder_name', ignore_errors=True)  # for read only files

empty directory if not empty python

'''
    Check if a Directory is empty : Method 1
'''    
if len(os.listdir('/home/varun/temp') ) == 0:
    print("Directory is empty")
else:    
    print("Directory is not empty")