Question

This is function i am using to delete old dirs in python

def delete_olddirs(days,file_path):
     numdays = 60*60*24*days
     now = time.time()

     for dir in os.listdir(file_path):
              r = file_path
              timestamp = os.path.getmtime(os.path.join(r,dir))
              if now-numdays > timestamp:
                  try:
                       print "removing ",os.path.join(r,dir)
                       #shutil.rmtree(os.path.join(r,dir))  #uncomment to use
                  except Exception,e:
                       print e
                       pass
                  else:
                       print "some message for success"

The problem is everytime i see message removing . .... i also see message

some message for success

I want to know why is else part executed everytime

Answer 1

http://docs.python.org/reference/compound_stmts.html#the-try-statement

The optional else clause is executed
if and when control flows off the end
of the try clause. [2] Exceptions in
the else clause are not handled by the
preceding except clauses.

Seems clear.