rm -rf
for node.
Install with npm install rimraf
, or just drop rimraf.js somewhere.
API
rimraf(f, callback)
The callback will be called with an error if there is one. Certain errors are handled for you:
- Windows:
EBUSY
andENOTEMPTY
- rimraf will back off a maximum ofopts.maxBusyTries
times before giving up. -
ENOENT
- If the file doesn't exist, rimraf will return successfully, since your desired outcome is already the case.
rimraf.sync
It can remove stuff synchronously, too. But that's not so good. Use the async API. It's better.
CLI
If installed with npm install rimraf -g
it can be used as a global
command rimraf <path>
which is useful for cross platform support.
mkdirp
If you need to create a directory recursively, check out mkdirp.