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Alex
Alex

Reputation: 2409

how to recreate folder in script inside package.json on Windows

The goal is to delete the public folder and then to recreate it before building the application.

This should work also if the folder does not exist yet.

I have this script in package.json:

"scripts": {
    "prebuild": "rm -rf public && mkdir public"
}

it works nicely on mac and linux

how can I get it to work on Windows, preferably in powershell?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2039

Answers (2)

Alex
Alex

Reputation: 2409

this here seems to work best:

"scripts": {
    "prebuild": "rmdir /Q /S public && mkdir public"
}

only problem: an error occurs if the folder "public" does not exist yet

Upvotes: 2

Jeter-work
Jeter-work

Reputation: 801

if (test-path public) { rmdir public; mkdir public}

Or

if (test-path public) { Remove-Item public; Create-Item -Directory public}

Or

mkdir blank;robocopy /MIR blank public;rmdir blank

Or 

Create-Item -Directory blank; robocopy /MIR blank public; Remove-Item blank

I think the last one is the most appropriate. Of course 'public' will probably need to be set as a relative or absolute path.

And using the linux aliases probably only works in the powershell shell or gui. To see the PowerShell equivalent of most commands, just Get-Alias <command>.

Upvotes: 0

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