docs: def __remove_path(self, path):
          """ Remove an object """
          curpath = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)
          if not os.path.exists(path):
              logger.warn("Attempted to remove a non-existent path %s" % path)
              return
          try:
              if os.path.islink(path):
                  os.unlink(path)
              elif os.path.isdir(path):
                  shutil.rmtree(path)
              else:
                  os.unlink(path)
  
              # in the case we just deleted ourselves out of a valid directory,
              # we move to a valid directory.
              if curpath == path:
                  os.chdir(tempfile.gettempdir())
  
          except OSError:
              logger.error("Unable to remove object at path %s" % path)
              raise DirectoryException("Unable to remove object at path %s" % path)