import os, errno

def silentremove(filename): #export
    try:
        os.remove(filename)
    except OSError as e:
        if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:
            raise # re-raise exception if a different error occurred

def pad(token, total_size, right_align = False):
    add = total_size - len(token)
    if add <= 0:
        return token
    space = ' ' * add
    if right_align:
        return space + token
    return token + space