Recursive delete directory contents with python

delete_directory.py

def delete_directory_contents(folder):
    for the_file in os.listdir(folder):
        file_path = os.path.join(folder, the_file)
        try:
            if os.path.isfile(file_path):
                os.unlink(file_path)
            elif os.path.isdir(file_path): shutil.rmtree(file_path)
        except Exception, e:
            print e