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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py | 20 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py index 4a708b639a..015eeb9aa1 100644 --- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py +++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ __all__ = ['set_install_permissions', 'install', 'install_tree', 'traverse_tree', 'expand_user', 'working_dir', 'touch', 'touchp', 'mkdirp', 'force_remove', 'join_path', 'ancestor', 'can_access', 'filter_file', - 'FileFilter', 'change_sed_delimiter', 'is_exe', 'force_symlink', 'remove_dead_links'] + 'FileFilter', 'change_sed_delimiter', 'is_exe', 'force_symlink', 'remove_dead_links', 'remove_linked_tree'] import os import sys @@ -353,4 +353,20 @@ def remove_dead_links(root): if os.path.islink(path): real_path = os.path.realpath(path) if not os.path.exists(real_path): - os.unlink(path)
\ No newline at end of file + os.unlink(path) + +def remove_linked_tree(path): + """ + Removes a directory and its contents. If the directory is a symlink, follows the link and removes the real + directory before removing the link. + + Args: + path: directory to be removed + + """ + if os.path.exists(path): + if os.path.islink(path): + shutil.rmtree(os.path.realpath(path), True) + os.unlink(path) + else: + shutil.rmtree(path, True) |