# Using FileUtils

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-fileutils/133799>\
**Category:** IronRuby\
**Created:** [April 3, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-fileutils/133799 "2008-04-03T19:38:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Sanghyeon\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sanghyeon\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sanghyeon_S)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-fileutils/133799/1 "2008-04-03T19:38:04Z")

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Let’s use FileUtils (instead of rd /s /q, etc.) as Tor erik Linnerud  
pointed out.  
[http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/ironruby-core/2008-March/001317.html](http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/ironruby-core/2008-March/001317.html)

[http://sparcs.kaist.ac.kr/~tinuviel/download/IronRuby/patch-use-fileutils](http://sparcs.kaist.ac.kr/~tinuviel/download/IronRuby/patch-use-fileutils)

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**Author:** ![Sanghyeon\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sanghyeon\_S](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Sanghyeon_S)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/using-fileutils/133799/2 "2008-04-03T19:45:09Z")

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Looks good - will apply for next update.

Thanks,  
-John