in reply to Re: Re: Permission denied to delete an empty folder
in thread rmtree deletes everything inside the folder but doesn't deletes the root folder him self

Nelly, detail your question. What operating system are you using? Can you show a little snippet of your script?

See also the other replies, e.g.: are you running your script under the same directory you are trying to delete?

Thanks

Ciao!
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