Deleting a non empty directory

Ruby
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Hi, I am getting an exception when I use Dir.delete on a non empty
directory.
What should I do to remove a non empty directory?

Thanks,
Kostas

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On Jun 18, 1:32 pm, Kostas Z. [email protected]
wrote:

Hi, I am getting an exception when I use Dir.delete on a non empty
directory.
What should I do to remove a non empty directory?

Thanks,
Kostas

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Use Dir.each to iterate over the items in the dir, and call
File.delete on them. Then call Dir.delete.

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On Jun 18, 8:28 am, Kaldrenon [email protected] wrote:

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Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Use Dir.each to iterate over the items in the dir, and call
File.delete on them. Then call Dir.delete.

Or use FileUtils::rm_rf:

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/FileUtils.html#M004368

Be careful though. :wink:

b

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[email protected] wrote:

On Jun 18, 8:28 am, Kaldrenon [email protected] wrote:

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Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.

Use Dir.each to iterate over the items in the dir, and call
File.delete on them. Then call Dir.delete.

Or use FileUtils::rm_rf:

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/FileUtils.html#M004368

Be careful though. :wink:

b

Thanks a lot!