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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"os.remove() does not remove files in a sub-directory","articleBody":"# Bug report\r\n\r\nUsing os.remove() to remove multiple files in a subdirectory using an absolute path does not work in multiple linux environments, including z/OS Unix, Ubuntu Linux 20.04 under Windows WSL, and Ubuntu Linux 20.04 in VIrtualBox under Windows.\r\n\r\nIn each environment, the attempt was made to accomplish a multiple-file remove from a directory as follows:\r\n\r\nos.remove(\"/abs/path/to/currdir/contest/*\")\r\n\r\nWhere \"/abs/path/to/currdir\" is returned from os.getcwd() and path separators are added via os.sep.\r\n\r\nAlso tested was using subprocess.run to execute an \"rm\" command (with no flags) to remove the same files followed by an \"rmdir\" command to remove the directory, and both of those also fail to remove the files as requested and therefore the directory since it is not empty.\r\n\r\nIn all cases, performing the equivalent \"rm\" and \"rmdir\" commands from a shell prompt or from a shell script directly (rather than from inside a python program) succeed as expected.\r\n\r\nShell script and python script demonstrating the issue are attached, along with logs of output from the three environments tested.\r\n\r\n# My environments\r\n\r\n\u003c!-- Include as many relevant details as possible about the environment you experienced the bug in --\u003e\r\n\r\n- CPython versions tested on:  \r\n- python 3.9.5 on z/OS Unix\r\n- python 3.8.10 on Ubuntu 20.04 (WSL and VirtualBox)\r\n\r\n- Operating system and architecture: \r\n- z/OS V2.4 (IBM Zxplore system, available free online at https://ibmzxplore.influitive.com/)\r\n- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS under Windows WSL \r\n- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS under VirtualBox 6.1.30 on Windows 10 64 Pro\r\n\r\nuname and python version outputs follow.\r\n\r\nz/OS Unix:\r\n/z/zxxxxx \u003e uname -a \r\nOS/390 S0W1 27.00 04 3906\r\n/z/zxxxxx \u003e python3 -V\r\nPython 3.9.2\r\n\r\nWSL Ubuntu:\r\nuserid@DESKTOP:\\~$ uname -a\r\nLinux DESKTOP 4.4.0-19041-Microsoft #1237-Microsoft Sat Sep 11 14:32:00 PST 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux\r\nuserid@DESKTOP:\\~$ python3 -V\r\nPython 3.8.10\r\n\r\nVirtualBox Ubuntu:\r\nuserid@Ubuntu20:\\~$ uname -a\r\nLinux Ubuntu20 5.15.0-43-generic #46\\~20.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 14 15:20:17 UTC 2022 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux\r\nuserid@Ubuntu20:\\~$ python3 -V\r\nPython 3.8.10\r\n\r\nAttaching shell and python scripts here as *.txt files, rename to execute:\r\n\r\n[testosfnc.sh.txt](https://github.com/python/cpython/files/9276226/testosfnc.sh.txt)\r\n\r\n[testosfnc.py.txt](https://github.com/python/cpython/files/9276227/testosfnc.py.txt)\r\n\r\nLogs from each tested environment:\r\n\r\nz/OS Unix:\r\n[testosfnc.zos.log](https://github.com/python/cpython/files/9276230/testosfnc.zos.log)\r\n\r\nWSL Ubuntu:\r\n[testosfnc.wslubu.log](https://github.com/python/cpython/files/9276231/testosfnc.wslubu.log)\r\n\r\nVirtualBox Ubuntu:\r\n[testosfnc.vbxubu.log](https://github.com/python/cpython/files/9276232/testosfnc.vbxubu.log)\r\n\r\nPlease also CC me at pjfarley3 at earthlink dot net for any questions or updates.","author":{"url":"https://github.com/pjfarley3","@type":"Person","name":"pjfarley3"},"datePublished":"2022-08-07T05:46:46.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":2},"url":"https://github.com/95758/cpython/issues/95758"}