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asynchronous "rm -rf" for Node.js
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function rmrf(dir, callback) { | |
fs.stat(dir, function(err, stats) { | |
if (err) { | |
return callback(err); | |
} | |
if (!stats.isDirectory()) { | |
return fs.unlink(dir, callback); | |
} | |
var count = 0; | |
fs.readdir(dir, function(err, files) { | |
if (err) { | |
return callback(err); | |
} | |
if (files.length < 1) { | |
return fs.rmdir(dir, callback); | |
} | |
files.forEach(function(file) { | |
var sub = path.join(dir, file); | |
rmrf(sub, function(err) { | |
if (err) { | |
return callback(err); | |
} | |
if (++count == files.length) { | |
fs.rmdir(dir, callback); | |
} | |
}); | |
}); | |
}); | |
}); | |
} |
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Does not work for me...