topic Delete Files Stored in ArcCatalog in Geoprocessing Questions

Delete Files Stored in ArcCatalog

JonathanUrshan — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 20:26:55 GMT

So I am writing a script that exports a feature class then zips it up and emails it to whoever needs it. I am having trouble because I need to be able to delete the exported shapefiles so that I can use this tool and not have old exported data in the zip file. I can not use CopyFeature_Management because some of the data is not a shapefile (Image of that is below). So I have to use FeatureClasstoShapefile_conversion instead which doesn't let me overwrite the previously exported shapefiles. So I just end up getting shapefiles with a _1 after them. I am either doing this wrong or I need to find some way of deleting files in ArcCatalog without doing so manually. I have os.remove() to delete the zip file, but its just that darn

Re: Delete Files Stored in ArcCatalog

AdrianWelsh — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 21:22:55 GMT

Jonathan,

It might be a good idea to share your script and tag https://community.esri.com/community/developers/gis-developers/python?sr=search&searchId=6d92d6f6-4930-42e1-bd1d-6492071ca32a&searchIndex=0‌ (assuming you're using Python).

Re: Delete Files Stored in ArcCatalog

JayantaPoddar — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 22:11:19 GMT

If you are working with Python, try adding the following line after importing the modules.

arcpy.env.overwriteOutput = True‍