deleting system files

[heiro]

hi,

im new to python programming..
im having a difficulty on how to delete a system files and read-only files..

pls help me...

thanks

[bartonc]

hi,

im new to python programming..
im having a difficulty on how to delete a system files and read-only files..

pls help me...

thanks

Sounds like something that you don't want to do, but if you provide specifics you may get some guidance.

[heiro]

Sounds like something that you don't want to do, but if you provide specifics you may get some guidance.

It is noticeable that most of the virus in removable drives creates a "autorun.in f" w/c is a system file and a xxx.exe(virus file) w/c its attribute is also hidden/read only.when using os.remove(path) i get an error message w/c states "Permission Denied".I think it is because".inf" is a system file and read-only file.

[Motoma]

It is noticeable that most of the virus in removable drives creates a "autorun.in f" w/c is a system file and a xxx.exe(virus file) w/c its attribute is also hidden/read only.when using os.remove(path) i get an error message w/c states "Permission Denied".I think it is because".inf" is a system file and read-only file.

Another likely possibility is that the user account you are running as does not have the permission to delete the file.

[bartonc]

It is noticeable that most of the virus in removable drives creates a "autorun.in f" w/c is a system file and a xxx.exe(virus file) w/c its attribute is also hidden/read only.when using os.remove(path) i get an error message w/c states "Permission Denied".I think it is because".inf" is a system file and read-only file.

Files that are opened (currently being used) by another application will give this error. .inf files are really just text files.

[heiro]

Files that are opened (currently being used) by another application will give this error. .inf files are really just text files.

ahh ok i got it..but how about read-only files is there any ways how to change it's attributes?..th anks for the prompt reply

[heiro]

Another likely possibility is that the user account you are running as does not have the permission to delete the file.

im using the administrator account but it still it prompt me the error...

[bartonc]

ahh ok i got it..but how about read-only files is there any ways how to change it's attributes?..th anks for the prompt reply

From the os module docs:

chmod( path, mode)

Change the mode of path to the numeric mode. mode may take one of the following values (as defined in the stat module) or bitwise or-ed combinations of them:
S_ISUID
S_ISGID
S_ENFMT
S_ISVTX
S_IREAD
S_IWRITE
S_IEXEC
S_IRWXU
S_IRUSR
S_IWUSR
S_IXUSR
S_IRWXG
S_IRGRP
S_IWGRP
S_IXGRP
S_IRWXO
S_IROTH
S_IWOTH
S_IXOTH
Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.

[heiro]

From the os module docs:

thanks a lot....i will try using it.....i'll just post again if i will encounter problems