''' 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 spinal from voussoirkit import pathclass def prune_dirs(starting): starting = pathclass.Path(starting) walker = spinal.walk(starting, yield_directories=True, yield_files=False) double_check = set() def pruneme(directory): if directory == starting or directory not in starting: return if len(directory.listdir()) == 0: print(directory.absolute_path) os.rmdir(directory.absolute_path) double_check.add(directory.parent) for directory in walker: pruneme(directory) while double_check: directory = double_check.pop() pruneme(directory) def prune_dirs_argparse(args): return prune_dirs(args.starting) 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:]))