Minor improvement.

        if basePath not in basePaths:

            basePaths.append(basePath)

dirList = []

for basePath in basePaths:

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

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

            dirList.append(root)

            os.rmdir(root)

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

for dir in dirList:

    os.rmdir(dir)

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

# 1) delete files

# 2) check for empty dirs and delete them if different from rootPath (second step), then update the db

# 1) delete files and update the db

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