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Gambling with Lain (lemmy.world)
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[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

IsADirectoryError: [Errno 21] Is a directory: 'C:\Windows\System32'

At least use shutil.rmtree for some semblance of possibility.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Also, the backslashes need to be escaped I believe

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or just use forward slashes like someone sane!

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 1 points 15 hours ago

You're right, I forgot Python makes them work on Windows too