rmdir

Remove all files in the given path recursively.

Description

Or just use require( 'child_process' ).exec and call rm -r

var exec = require('child_process').exec;
var path = '/path/to/the/dir';

exec('rm -r ' + path, function (err, stdout, stderr) {
  // your callback goes here
});

You can also checkout rimraf from isaacs.

Requires

node >= 0.4.x

Installation

npm install rmdir

Usage

Require the module before using

var rmdir = require('rmdir');

rmdir(path, [options], [callback]);

You can optionally pass in an alternate fs implementation by passing in options.fs.Your implementation should have fs.lstat(path, callback), fs.unlink(path, callback), fs.readdir(path, callback), fs.rmdir(path, callback), and fs.exists(path, callback) implemented.

Arguments

path

type: String
desc: The path to be clear.

options

type: Object
desc: Options to be used when removing all files.

callback

type: Function
desc: The callback to be called after all files are removed.
arguments:
  err:
  type: Error
dirs:
  type: Array
desc: The removed dirs.
files:
  type: Array
desc: The removed files.

Example

var rmdir = require('rmdir');
var path = '/path/to/the/dir';

rmdir(path + '/assets', function (err, dirs, files) {
  console.log(dirs);
  console.log(files);
  console.log('all files are removed');
});

Creadit

[Aaron Larner](https: //github.com/alarner) [Glen R.Goodwin](https: //github.com/arei) [David Pate](https: //github.com/DavidTPate) Radare

License

(The MIT License)

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