Separate journal generation from deletion to improve efficiency

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+'''
+    nicksphere  Generates a Gemini capsule from existing files
+    Copyright (C) 2022  Nicholas Johnson
+
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+'''
+
+import os
+import shutil
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    root_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+    output_dir = os.path.join(root_dir, "public")
+    gemini_output_dir = os.path.join(root_dir, "capsule")
+    html_output_dir = os.path.join(root_dir, "website")
+
+    # delete output directories
+    shutil.rmtree(output_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+    shutil.rmtree(gemini_output_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+    shutil.rmtree(html_output_dir, ignore_errors=True)