> To follow the shutil naming convention (rmtree, copytree, and likely
> chmodtree, chowntree), a more appropriate name might be "globtree".
> (Thanks to string methods, the 'r' prefix doesn't read correctly to
> me: what does "globbing from the right" mean?)

Well, if you put it in the glob module, it doesn't have to follow the
shutil naming convention :-)
(I prefer "rglob" myself)