From: Bil Kleb <Bil.Kleb@...>
Date: 2007-10-22T21:10:04+09:00
Subject: Re: Removing a directory that isn't empty

Gabriel Dragffy wrote:
> What would be the best way to use Dir.rmdir to delete a directory that 
> isn't empty? I think it would involve performing a recursive delete, 
> this is trivial in bash, but what about in Ruby?

I normally use FileUtils for that sort of thing, e.g.,

  require 'fileutils'
  FileUtils.rm_rf 'directory'

Regards,
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Bil Kleb
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