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33 lines
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13 years ago
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A `rm -rf` for node.
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Install with `npm install rimraf`, or just drop rimraf.js somewhere.
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## API
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`rimraf(f, [options,] callback)`
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The callback will be called with an error if there is one. Certain
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errors are handled for you:
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* `EBUSY` - rimraf will back off a maximum of opts.maxBusyTries times
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before giving up.
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* `EMFILE` - If too many file descriptors get opened, rimraf will
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patiently wait until more become available.
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## Options
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The options object is optional. These fields are respected:
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* `maxBusyTries` - The number of times to retry a file or folder in the
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event of an `EBUSY` error. The default is 3.
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* `gently` - If provided a `gently` path, then rimraf will only delete
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files and folders that are beneath this path, and only delete symbolic
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links that point to a place within this path. (This is very important
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to npm's use-case, and shows rimraf's pedigree.)
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## rimraf.sync
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It can remove stuff synchronously, too. But that's not so good. Use
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the async API. It's better.
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