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pythondelete-filetermination

Trigger code on program termination

My script creates files to store data for the duration of its run time, I would like to delete these files on termination of my program. Is this possible?

I DO NOT want suggestions for a work around ... like 'don't create files'.

Much appreciated!

Solution

  • What about the os module of Python ? There is a "remove()" method to do what you want.

    See the documentation

    To handle the exit of your program, you can use atexit module.

    Example:

    import os

def delete_file(name):
    os.remove(name)

import atexit
atexit.register(delete_file, file_path)

    file_path is the file to delete.