I am using the rmtree method from shutil in Python (2.7). What are all possible exceptions that can occur while calling this method?

According to the implementation, you'll have to check <code>OSError</code>. But you can use the argument <code>ignore_errors=True</code> on call to...ignore errors ;) or give a callback <code>onerror</code> that will check the exceptions during the execution of file removal. (cf shutil.rmtree documentation)

Unless you do something very funky, <code>os.error</code> and <code>OSError</code>

What is a complete list of Exceptions that can be thrown by shutil.rmtree

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According to the implementation, you'll have to check OSError. But you can use the argument ignore_errors=True on call to...ignore errors ;) or give a callback onerror that will check the exceptions during the execution of file removal. (cf shutil.rmtree documentation)