''' This program deletes all empty directories which are children of the given starting directory. The starting directory itself will not be deleted even if it is empty. > prune_dirs . > prune_dirs C:\\somepath ''' import argparse import os import sys from voussoirkit import betterhelp from voussoirkit import pathclass from voussoirkit import pipeable from voussoirkit import spinal from voussoirkit import vlogging log = vlogging.get_logger(__name__, 'prune_dirs') def prune_dirs(starting): starting = pathclass.Path(starting) walker = spinal.walk(starting, yield_directories=True, yield_files=False) directories = list(walker) double_check = set() def pruneme(directory): log.debug('Checking %s.', directory.absolute_path) if directory == starting or directory not in starting: return if len(directory.listdir()) == 0: pipeable.stdout(directory.absolute_path) os.rmdir(directory) double_check.add(directory.parent) for directory in directories: pruneme(directory) while double_check: directory = double_check.pop() pruneme(directory) def prune_dirs_argparse(args): return prune_dirs(args.starting) @vlogging.main_decorator def main(argv): parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__) parser.add_argument('starting') parser.set_defaults(func=prune_dirs_argparse) return betterhelp.single_main(argv, parser, docstring=__doc__) if __name__ == '__main__': raise SystemExit(main(sys.argv[1:]))