Method remove

src/_pytest/_py/path.py:596–616

Remove a file or directory (or a directory tree if rec=1). if ignore_errors is True, errors while removing directories will be ignored.

(self, rec=1, ignore_errors=False)

        return error.checked_call(os.path.samefile, self.strpath, other)

    def remove(self, rec=1, ignore_errors=False):
        class="st">"""Remove a file or directory (or a directory tree if rec=1).
        if ignore_errors is True, errors while removing directories will
        be ignored.
        class="st">"""
        if self.check(dir=1, link=0):
            if rec:
                class="cm"># force remove of readonly files on windows
                if iswin32:
                    self.chmod(0o700, rec=1)
                import shutil

                error.checked_call(
                    shutil.rmtree, self.strpath, ignore_errors=ignore_errors
                )
            else:
                error.checked_call(os.rmdir, self.strpath)
        else:
            if iswin32:
                self.chmod(0o700)
            error.checked_call(os.remove, self.strpath)

    def computehash(self, hashtype=class="st">"md5", chunksize=524288):
        class="st">""class="st">"Return hexdigest of hashvalue for this file."class="st">""