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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _delete_dir(self):
 """Delete old folder if exists before start build """

        if not self.auto and os.path.isdir(self.meta.build_path + self.prgnam):
            shutil.rmtree(self.meta.build_path + self.prgnam)