In tests, the code that purges the files/directories in `purge_list' is now a function.

	modified:   tests/events_test.py
	modified:   tests/file_test.py
	modified:   tests/utils.py

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/utils.py b/tests/utils.py
index b9de2c8..ef9f482 100644
--- a/tests/utils.py
+++ b/tests/utils.py
@@ -69,6 +69,16 @@ def rm_nodedirs(config):
             print "Problem deleting", node, e
 
 
+def purge(l):
+    """ Purges everything in list `l'"""
+    for f in l:
+        if path.exists(f) and path.isfile(f):
+            remove(f)
+        elif path.exists(f) and path.isdir(f):
+            purge_dir(f)
+            rmdir(f)
+
+
 def purge_nodedirs(config):
     """Purges everything inside node directories."""
     nodes = get_nodedirs(config)