如何通过使用文件夹内容作为参考删除文件夹？

Question

I need to delete a folder and its contents, and while the contents are consistent, the folder name has no pattern with which to fall on. In the path defined in the below code, another folder exists, and that folder always has a file with extension ".cax":

import os
myfile_path = "H:/PythonTools/test/exampleA"
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(myfile_path):
    for file in files:
        if file.endswith(".cax"):
            print(os.path.join(root, file))

This code successfully finds my file. How would I then go about deleting the folder it is in without listing the folder's name.

Answer 1

The answer provided by @BryanOakley was simple. The following use of shutil.rmtree(root) solved my problem.

import os
import shutil
myfile_path = "H:/PythonTools/test/exampleA"
for root, dirs, files in os.walk(myfile_path):
    for file in files:
        if file.endswith(".cax"):
            shutil.rmtree(root)