#6677: note that rmdir only removes empty directories.

1b2695a4 · Georg Brandl · 626c0aab · 1b2695a4
Kaydet (Commit) 1b2695a4 authored Agu 24, 2009 tarafından Georg Brandl
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@@ -1121,7 +1121,10 @@ Files and Directories

 .. function:: rmdir(path)

-   Remove the directory *path*. Availability: Unix, Windows.
+   Remove (delete) the directory *path*.  Only works when the directory is
+   empty, otherwise, :exc:`OSError` is raised.  In order to remove whole
+   directory trees, :func:`shutil.rmtree` can be used.  Availability: Unix,
+   Windows.


 .. function:: stat(path)