I have a more general question about the os.remove() -function.
When I use it to delete a file, does Python delete it entirely from the computer or does Python move it to another folder similar to the trash on mac?
Python os.remove()
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os.remove() doesn't send things to Trash. It just deletes them.
You can check it yourself very easily:
import os
file = 'file.txt'
location = "/home/User/Documents"
path = os.path.join(location, file)
os.remove(path)
print("%s has been removed successfully" % file)
os.remove doesn't send things to Trash. It just deletes them.
Here you go for os.remove docs: https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.remove
Also i notice similar post on stackoverflow: How to permanently delete a file in python 3 and higher?
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