Using Python to delete files in a directory

Hi Folks,

 

I want my workspace to clean up after itself. It creates a number of files in a temporary location, which is specified in a parameter: [FANOUT_DIRECTORY], which points to:

 

 

C:\\TempData\\translation_temp

 

 

Using FME 2014, I want to get python to delete all fines within this.

 

 

In theory, I need something like this:

 

 

#remove the text files

 

import os;

 

def FeatureProcessor(feature):

 

folder = str(FME_MacroValues['FANOUT_DIRECTORY'])

 

 

for the_file in os.listdir(folder):

 

  file_path = os.path.join(folder, the_file)

 

  try:

 

   if os.path.isfile(file_path):

 

    os.unlink(file_path)

 

  except Exception, e:

 

   print e

 

However, the value for "folder" when it gets the parameter FANOUT_DIRECTORY is:

 

 

C:<backslash>TempData<backslash>translation_temp

 

 

Which is obviously wrong. Anyone know how to get a parameter properly such that I can just use it? The examples I've seen don't appear to have this problem (but Python-FME documentation is sparse and conflicting).

 

 

Thanks.