node.jsfilesystems

Remove directory which is not empty

In my Node application I need to remove a directory which has some files, but fs.rmdir only works on empty directories. How can I do this?

Solution

  • There is a module for this called rimraf (https://npmjs.org/package/rimraf). It provides the same functionality as rm -Rf

    Async usage:

    var rimraf = require("rimraf");
rimraf("/some/directory", function () { console.log("done"); });

    Sync usage:

    rimraf.sync("/some/directory");