# DeleteDir - remove whole directory trees like rm -r
import shutil
shutil.rmtree(path)
 
# DON'T DO THIS:
import os, sys
def DeleteDir(dir):
    for name in os.listdir(dir):
        file = os.path.join(dir, name)
        if not os.path.islink(file) and os.path.isdir(file):
            DeleteDir(file)
        else:
 
            os.remove(file)
    os.rmdir(dir)

import glob
import os
import shutil
 
path = 'path'
exclude = set(('dir1',
               'dir2',
               'dir3'))
 
dirs = (d for d in glob.iglob(os.path.join(path, '*'))
        if os.path.isdir(d) and
           os.path.basename(d) not in exclude)
 
map(shutil.rmtree, dirs)

import glob
import os
import shutil
 
path = u'path'
exclude = set((u'dir1',
               u'dir2',
               u'dir3'))
 
dirs = (d for d in glob.iglob(os.path.join(path, u'*'))
        if os.path.isdir(d) and
           os.path.basename(d) not in exclude)
 
map(shutil.rmtree, dirs)