Minor improvements.

            basePaths.append(basePath)

for basePath in basePaths:

    for root, dir, files in os.walk(basePath, topdown = False):

        if root != basePath and not os.listdir(root):

            os.rmdir(root)

            print(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") + ' ' + root)

    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(basePath, topdown = False):

        for dir in dirs:

            dirPath = os.path.abspath(root) + '/' + dir

            if not os.listdir(dirPath):

                os.rmdir(dirPath)

                print(datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") + ' ' + dirPath)

# 1) delete files and update the db

# 2) check for empty dirs and delete them if different from rootPath