const fs = require("fs")
const path = require("path")
let _dirloc = '<path_do_the_directory>'
if (fs.existsSync(_dirloc)) {
fs.readdir(path, (err, files) => {
if (!err) {
for (let file of files) {
// Delete each file
fs.unlinkSync(path.join(_dirloc, file))
}
}
})
// After the 'done' of each file delete,
// Delete the directory itself.
if (fs.unlinkSync(_dirloc)) {
console.log('Directory has been deleted!')
}
}
const fsp = require("fs/promises");
deleteDirRecursively("./b");
removeRecursively("./BCD/b+");
async function deleteDirRecursively(dirPath) {
try {
// fsPromises.rmdir() on a file (not a directory) results in the promise being rejected
// with an ENOENT error on Windows and an ENOTDIR error on POSIX.
// To get a behavior similar to the rm -rf Unix command,
// use fsPromises.rm() with options { recursive: true, force: true }.
//will not thorw error if dir is empty
//will thow error if dir is not present
await fsp.rmdir(dirPath, { recursive: true, force: true });
console.log(dirPath, "deleted successfully");
} catch (err) {
console.log(err);
}
async function removeRecursively(path) {
try {
//has ability to remove both file and dir
//can delete dir recursively and forcefully
//will delete an empty dir.
//will remove all the contents of a dir.
// the only difference between rmdir and rm is that rmdir can only delete dir's
await fsp.rm(path, { recursive: true, force: true });
console.log(path, "deleted successfully");
} catch (err) {
console.log(err);
}
}
