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exebook
exebook

Reputation: 33970

How to remove non-empty directory with Node.js

How to remove non empty directory in Node.js? I mean do the same as rm -R <DIR>. Not launching another process.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1818

Answers (2)

qqilihq
qqilihq

Reputation: 11474

Have a look at fs-extra#remove(dir, callback):

Removes a file or directory. The directory can have contents. Like rm -rf.

fs-extra adds additional functionality to the builtin fs. You can simply replace all your existing usages of fs by fs-extra.

[edit 2019] For removing directories, fs-extra wraps rimraf. So in case one only needs this specific functionality, including the rimraf package instead is sufficient.

Upvotes: 6

exebook
exebook

Reputation: 33970

function rmdir(d) {
    var self = arguments.callee
    if (fs.existsSync(d)) {
        fs.readdirSync(d).forEach(function(file) {
            var C = d + '/' + file
            if (fs.statSync(C).isDirectory()) self(C)
            else fs.unlinkSync(C)
        })
        fs.rmdirSync(d)
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

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