From: Jeremy Bopp <jeremy@...>
Date: 2010-10-05T21:10:18+09:00
Subject: Re: how do i delete files in particular directoryin ruby ???

On 10/05/2010 04:11 AM, Amit Tomar wrote:
> Robert Klemme wrote:
>> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Stefano Crocco <stefano.crocco@alice.it> 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> FileUtils.rm Dir.glob('/path/to/dir/*')
>>> ?FileUtils.rm f unless File.directory? f
>>>
>>> I hope this helps
>>
>> And then there is also FileUtils.rm_r and FileUtils.rm_rf. :-)
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>>
> Thanks Robert
> but what is FileUtils.rm_r and FileUtils.rm_rf for??

FileUtils.rm emulates the function of the Unix rm program.
FileUtils.rm_r and FileUtils.rm_rf emulate that program when using the
-r and -rf options respectively.  The -r option (or _r) tells rm to work
recursively, to delete any subdirectories and their contents as well as
files in the selected directory.  The -rf option (or _rf) is also
recursive but it adds a force option that will allow rm to delete files
that you own but which have been marked read-only.  Take special care
with that one!

-Jeremy